The Cycle
of Significance
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The word
"significance" is derived from two Latin words: Signum,
which meant "sign," and facere, which meant "to make." "To
make a sign" . . . "to have an effect" . . . "to live a
life that counts for something" is to live a significant
life.
When people enter into the rest of faith and experience the
freedom that St. Paul described in his letter to the
Galatians, they awaken to the prospect of a life that is
significant in the most profound sense of the word. Such a
life often involves uncertainty, however, and uncertainty
can sometimes be unnerving. It's a little like having a
tiger by the tail, and as the great orator, Cavett Robert,
said, "It's okay to have a tiger by the tail, as long as
you know what to do next." That "what to do next' is the
sum and substance of the lecture series titled
The Cycle
of Significance.
Originally titled Making Your
Mark: God's Cycle for Building
Significance, the series
featured four presentations. Each lecture addressed a
dimension of life that is, in and of itself, critical to
our well-being, but when taken together, they described a
process that inevitably leads to a significant life. To add
more depth, a fifth lecture has recently been added, and so
the series now includes:
1. Value - How to Build High Self-Esteem without an
Inflated Ego
2. Security - How to Feel Secure in a Dangerous World
3. Image - How to Have an Image of Success without
Distorting Reality
4. Motivation - How to Experience Consistent Motivation
without Mind Games or Gimmicks, and
5. Productivity - How to be Highly Productive without being
Highly Distressed
By using common
jargon to describe theological ideas, Sandy not only makes
it easier for people to understand how to live a
significant life themselves, he also provides a way of
explaining that life to those who might view with askance
all notions of living such a life. In doing so,
The Cycle
of Significance becomes a
force-multiplying event.
