A loss not only of identity but of purpose?
Perhaps that longing for identity, clarity of purpose, belief and transcendent, awe-inspiring liturgy is why the Latin Mass congregation at the local Catholic parish has tripled in attendance, not owing to white-haired folks like me, though some are present.
The intended outcomes for students included the strengthening of knowledge and skills regarding research, communication, strategic thinking, collaborative group work, and advocacy, enhanced sense of positive ethnic identity, sense of purpose, and connection to school, and increased motivation to influence the school setting.
Perhaps more pertinent is the charge that Aborigines are losing their identity and sense of purpose and need to take back control of their communities.
Isis projects a strong identity and sense of purpose and it appeals in particular to people who lack both; it offers them the opportunity to be part of something new, regardless of their gender or abilities.
Retirement can also affect your identity and sense of purpose, says Nancy Schlossberg, a professor emerita in counseling psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park.
"Much of men's identity and sense of purpose is tied up with having a job.
Yet in the third season something rather remarkable happens: Jamie is maimed and loses his sword hand and, with it, his identity and sense of purpose.
It's a machine that urgently needs support from its maker, particularly in a competitive market where a strong identity and sense of purpose is all but essential to its prospects.
A national identity and unity of purpose are the critical bedrocks of the success or failure of the Ana and by extension the longer-term plans of Isaf for the country.
Thus one pheromonal function in house mice is recognition of subspecies identity for the purpose of mediating assortative mating and it has been proposed that the mouse VNO is the tissue that recognizes such pheromones [10], [11].
