### process | growth:

Spiritual growth
* can come from facing suffering and death honestly.
* combination of inspiration, knowledge, inner reflection and outward action.
* comes in spite of religions
  - through grappling with the mundane world in a way that uplifts and elevates
* continual process.
* hands-on, interactive process of going and growing.
* happens in spurts, at an individual's unique pace and is often accompanied by pain.
* has nothing to do with knowledge.
* involves a process of separation
  - learning to make meaning while creating a life of purpose and integrity
* is as important to a balanced life as academic or physical growth
  - mysterious as the coming and going of the wind
  - attained through meditation, study, and service
  - both upward and downward, and it is both inward and outward
  - like the farmer sowing the seed
  - maximized when faith is demonstrated in relationships and ministries
* is more important than amassing wealth
  - financial growth
  - much like climbing a mountain
  - nurtured, as is that of the mind, body, and emotions
  - shown to be no less than the force of evolution working through the human mind
* is the by-product of psychic development
  - constant process of evolving
  - foundation for a healthy society
  - norm for every believer
  - overturning of a dead equilibrium
  - result and the use of ones creative and generative force
* life long experience and commitment.
* life-long process, with many ups and downs.
* long and indefinite journey
  - process that requires perseverance and patience
* occurs when faith is cultivated.
* process requiring commitment, study, prayer, and action
  - that includes growing in knowledge and holiness
  - the same as physical growth or mental growth
* requires being challenged and then meeting that challenge.

Sustain growth
* leads to improvement.
* requires contributions.

Sustainable growth
* helps citizens enter the job market and obtain important skills.
* hot topic in finance.
* is our operational definition of sustainable development.
* requires protection of the environment and natural resources base.

### process | growth:

Teething
* are biological growth
* begins for most babies around four to six months
  - with lower front incisors erupting
* can also kill a baby s appetite.
* can be a stressful time for both parents and infant
  - rough for both infant and parent
  - very painful
* causes high fever
  - infants to run a fever
* describes the physiologic process of tooth eruption through the gums of the mouth.
* has nothing to do with a horse biting people.
* is growth
* is one of the number one causes of nursing strikes
  - reasons they wail
  - related to fever, but look for other sources in the ill-appearing child
* is the normal process of new teeth working their way through the gums
  - process of teeth moving and breaking through the gums
  - when baby teeth start coming through the child's gums
* natural process in which primary teeth erupt into the oral cavity.
* often causes a fever.
* starts with the lower front incisors.

Tissue growth
* Most tissue growth occurs during periods
  - subsequent periods
* depends on both cell proliferation and cell death.

Top growth
* generates plant nutrients which, for the most part, are stored in the roots.
* produces an inhibiting chemical hormone to prevent all of the lower buds from growing.

True growth
* begins as the seed is exposed to the sunlight.
* comes from purging oneself from all forms of negative thought and energy.
* consists in intensified love, which is founded on faith and hope.