While we may try to appear perfect, strong or intelligent in order to connect with others in actual fact, pretense often has the opposite effect intended.
And while we may at first appear a bit battered or bruised on the outside, we can heal our wounds and deliberately take on responsibility for a new path, once we have given our fears, hurts, and pains the friendly attention they need and deserve, and the permission to be there, without holding on to them as the only story of our life that can unfold.
We realize that while some may appear to need the loan, others may not appear to need the loan as much.
While this may appear pessimistic, we believe that pluralism in the conceptual definitions of the unit of analysis in cultural evolution is not a problem (see also Lyman and O'Brien 2003; O'Brien et al. 2010).
While it may appear contradictory that we found higher TST positive rates in older children, yet found lower rates of TST positivity compared to earlier studies which evaluated younger children, it is important to emphasise that the first finding reflects a within-study analysis while the second, is a cross-study comparison, where other variables may also have been operative.
While externally, it may appear that we are growing and changing…inside our heads…there is often a very different and conflicting narrative.
While it may appear on the surface that we have succeeded in creating more profitable businesses, profit is only real and lasting when it has a reciprocal relationship with its environment.
While people may appear reserved and indifferent in public places this appearance is a result of emotion work rather than its absence (Cahill and Eggleton, 1994).
While it may appear to those of us in cities as though we're being targeted, and it might feel good to complain about others, the situation is complex and the reality less satisfying: we all need to change.
While bankruptcy may appear more orderly, it, too, has costs: time and money.
While he may appear a bit rough, his demeanor is courtly.
