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Prosopagnosia

An inability or difficulty in recognizing familiar faces; it may be congenital or result from injury or disease of the brain.

Prosopagnosia

Prosopagnosia – An inability or difficulty in recognizing familiar faces; it may be congenital or result from injury or disease of the brain.

Death Rattle

A gurgling or rattling sound sometimes made in the throat of a dying person, caused by loss of the cough reflex and passage of the breath through accumulating mucus.

Discipline

Discipline is doing a thing even when there is no inspiration or motivation.

Faith And Trust

According to Merrium-Webster faith is “belief, trust in, and loyalty to God” which would seem to mean that trust is just a subset of faith. As in, in order to have faith you must believe in God, trust God with your life, and remain loyal and faithful to God throughout life. Now, seeing as no one is perfect aside from Christ, most of us don’t have perfect faith – but perhaps that’s the definition of perfect faith?

Ascetic

A person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere self-discipline, especially as an act of religious devotion.

Catalyst

According to Merriam-Webster a catalyst is an agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action.

Hope

Hope is knowing there’s something better.

Antimatter

Antimatter: matter composed of antiparticles (m-w.com)

Antiparticle

Antiparticle: a subatomic particle identical to another subatomic particle in mass but opposite to it in electric and magnetic properties (as sign of charge) that when brought together with its counterpart produces mutual annihilation; especially : a subatomic particle not found in ordinary matter. (m-w.com)