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The raison-d’être for mathematics, not its applications and oft-long-winded or tedious proofs—because there is no place in the universe for ugly math.
What is beauty in mathematics? Being awed by beautiful patterns? Experiencing the pleasure or aha! feeling that transcends sexual bliss? What the heck is it?
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Worry more won’t add a single hour to your life nor a single centimeter to your height, so why not worry less and cast your cares to Jesus, who promises to provide for those who depend on Him?
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Get the Worry Less mug.When mathematics can not only help someone to be logical and rational, but it can also help them to be humble, gracious, resilient, joyful, and happy—they can experience the hidden happiness of mathematics and the good life.
If mathematics is the key to understanding the workings of the universe, schools and teachers play a key role in ensuring that students are exposed to the pi of life—when they can experience joy and happiness through math.
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Unlike the negative image associated with creative accounting, other creative activities like creative writing and creative thinking are looked upon positively.
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Just as you can enjoy the food prepared by a gourmet chef even if you’re a hopeless cook, so you can appreciate a piece of art even if you’re clumsy at handling a “Paint by Numbers” kit.
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Get the Paint by Numbers mug.When math-fearful believers need no longer suffer, if they would look up to Jesus, who died for them on the cross, whose blood has paid for every deliverance and healing of their addictions and afflictions—and this includes their freedom from mathophobia.
God can restore confidence in someone’s attitude towards math, be it by directing them to a better teacher, tutor, or textbook, because He wants them to live a fear-free math lifestyle.
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