For example, practicing gratitude can trigger self-improvement by helping those who practice it feel more connected to others, inspiring elevated spirits, and encouraging humility.
Having come through, having touched the void and been touched by it, Mr. Simpson and Mr. Yates are shown as elevated spirits, with a new sense of what is important in their lives and what is not.
The line between elevated spirits and mania, often recognized only after it has been crossed, is the subject of Kay Redfield Jamison's groundbreaking book, "Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire: A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character".
When a play can enhance an evening, and then change the mood of the day or weekend, when a night out can replenish the batteries or a simple song and dance can elevate spirits once dashed it proves that live theatre has a place, and always will, at least in my heart.
By Ian Crouch November 5, 2010 More than forty thousand runners are expected for the New York City Marathon this Sunday, but if you've been following news coverage over the last few days, you'd think there was just one: Edison Peña, of Chile, who elevated his spirits and his heart rate during his sixty-nine-day subterranean ordeal by running through dark tunnels.
More than forty thousand runners are expected for the New York City Marathon this Sunday, but if you've been following news coverage over the last few days, you'd think there was just one: Edison Peña, of Chile, who elevated his spirits and his heart rate during his sixty-nine-day subterranean ordeal by running through dark tunnels.
Julian understood that he would have to hire cheap help, a broken-down old carpenter desperate for work, or some rehabilitating wino or mental case, and the thought elevated his spirits, as if such servitude would echo the history of the place.
Arsenal's fans rose with Wenger to acclaim the German midfield man whose arrival has elevated the spirits of a club that was in danger of crisis to the point where they can start daring to dream.
The news briefly elevated the spirits of gay rights advocates, but the real fight on this is going to wait until after the Pentagon's report in December.
A nip giving us from the word go curiously rare power to elevate spirits (hidden; u in anag).. Dr I. S. Fletcher: Sky hit behind wicket getting out for a blob?
The award was established by Capers McDonald (who earned a master's degree in engineering from MIT in 1976) and Marion McDonald, and is presented to a faculty member in the School of Engineering, who, through tireless efforts to engage minds, elevate spirits and stimulate high quality work, has advanced the professional and personal development of students and colleagues.
