Risking at the Rocks

This article uses storytelling and poetry to emphasize the core concepts of taking a risk while highlighting the mystique of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

Humanuniverse Emerging

The author presents poetry that expands understanding of the humanuniverse experience at a lake.

Poetry: An Avenue of Artsciencing

As an introduction to the inaugural Artistic Expression Column, the construct of artsciencing is briefly discussed and poetry is presented as an avenue of artsciencing.

The Magic of Surprise

This article explores the concept of Surprisology and the humanuniverse living experience of surprise. Story is used to enhance understanding of a humanbecoming perspective of surprise.

The Uniqueness of the Humanbecoming Paradigm

This article explores several unique constructs of the humanbecoming paradigm including truth for the moment. A dialogue with nurse theorist Rosemarie Rizzo Parse completes this exploration.

Look Up

This article highlights the findings of the 1998 humanbecoming inquiry considering tomorrow. The participants in this inquiry were women homeless in Chicago. Children's books, recent TV and newspaper articles focusing on the homeless in Pensacola, Florida, and various other humanbecoming inquiries involving homeless populations emphasize the importance of looking up and paying attention to what is occurring in humanuniverse so as to seize opportunities that present themselves with the emerging now.

The Pack

This is a poem written to describe the experiences of The Great Plains Parse Scholars Group.

Savoring the Now Moment

This article is concerned with being present to what is emerging in the now moment. Theoretical perspectives from spirituality, psychology, western and eastern philosophy, the humanbecoming paradigm, and personal experiences of the author are presented in relation to the importance of focusing on NOW.

Whitewater Waves

The humanbecoming concept of powering is explored in this article with the author describing her experiences with whitewater waves on the Missouri River in South Dakota. The third principle of humanbecoming along with four humanbecoming inquiries on feeling sad, feeling unsure, feeling disrespected, and living hope are also presented in examining the paradoxical processes involved in powering.

The Creative Emergents of Wandering and Wondering

In this article, the author explores wandering and wondering through the lens of educational theory, philosophy, psychology, complexity theory, and the humanbecoming paradigm. A fictional story concerning wanderers is presented to highlight the creative power of the imagination involved with wandering and wondering.

Storytelling and the Humanbecoming Family Model

The authors in this article will present storytelling through the lens of the humanbecoming family model. From this perspective, storytelling can be viewed as the following: (a) family storytelling as a mode of fostering personal and family becoming, (b) family storytelling as a confirming of family beliefs and values, and (c) family storytelling as a way of addressing issues of grief and loss. Selected literature is presented to highlight the essences, paradoxes, and processes of the humanbecoming family model.

The Magic of Metaphor

This is an introduction to nurse theorist Rosemarie Rizzo Parse's manuscript on metaphor.

Behold-The Gift

This article presents descriptions of mentoring from a philosophy of education and a humanbecoming mentoring model perspective. Descriptions of mentoring-protégé relationships experienced by the author are included using the humanbecoming paradigm as a guide in describing such experiences.

Reflections on Fortifying Wisdom

The author in this article explores seven day-to-day living experiences that expand understanding of the humanbecoming concept of fortifying wisdom. Poetry is used to enhance understanding of the seven living experiences of (a) the use of words, (b) the experience of the body, (c) love, (d) compassion, (e) faith, (f) hope, and (g) forgiveness.

Ribbons of Belonging

This article addresses a sense of belonging as living the ribbons of commitment and responsibility with community. Belonging will be explored through the lens of recognized philosophers, the three principles of humanbecoming, the humanbecoming community model, and selected community occurrences.

Thoughts on Friendship

The author here explores ideas on friendship from a philosophical, theological, sociological, and humanbecoming paradigm perspective. Personal experiences of the author provide examples of how friendship is important to an individual's living quality.

Community in Flux

This article describes some of the changes occurring with community in the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. The humanbecoming community change model along with other views on community are presented to address some of the living quality questions and challenges of a community in flux.

Moments of Fragility and Vitality

In this article, the author examines fragility and vitality as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fear and courage are also explored from a humanbecoming paradigm perspective as well as from philosophical perspectives. Humanbecoming inquiries related to these topics are presented along with personal experiences of the author.

Discovering Ideas

This article explores creativity and innovation through the lens of dispositional realism, a psycho-socio-cultural perspective, a Japanese fable, and the humanbecoming paradigm perspective. New ideas are presented on the understanding of creativity and innovation, feeling overwhelmed, suffering, and living dignity.

Freedom and Humanbecoming

Freedom, one of the four postulates of the humanbecoming paradigm, is the focus of this article. Freedom is explored from a humanbecoming perspective and from the existential/phenomenological perspectives of Heidegger and Sartre.

Differing Perspectives on Paradox

In this article, the author describes two differing perspectives on paradox: the humanbecoming paradigm perspective and the management/organizational theory perspective. Examples of paradoxes from these two differing views are presented.

Amazing Mystery

Mystery, one of the four postulates of the humanbecoming paradigm, is the focus of this article. The muteness, the transformative power, and the everyday-ness of mystery are discussed. How mystery permeates the three principles of humanbecoming is also explored.

Coming to Know

The author in this article explores the humanbecoming paradigm postulate of illimitability as unbounded coming to know. Patterns of constructing knowledge, conversation theory, improvisation pedagogy, children’s literature, the humanbecoming teaching-learning model, and personal teaching-learning experiences of the author are presented to expand awareness of the unbounded knowing of illimitability.

A Group Concept Inventing of Hiding

Parse's humanbecoming concept inventing model provided a unique method to conduct a group concept inventing of the humanuniverse living experience of hiding. Several insights related to conducting a group concept inventing project are identified along with an ingenuous proclamation for hiding.

Mentoring: The Giving of Blessings

The authors of this article present three theoretical models of mentoring informing nursing as well as other disciplines. How these models intersect to expand understanding of the evolution of the role of mentoring in nursing is discussed.

Faces of Shame

The author in this article explores the humanbecoming dignity tenet of shame. Shame is examined through an extensive literature review, through storytelling, and through surveying humanbecoming inquiries of sadness, feeling fear, feeling overwhelmed, and feeling disrespected.

Shame on You

The following story is an introduction to an interesting exploration of the concept of shame, providing new insights into this important notion through the humanbecoming theoretical process of concept inventing.

The Living Experience of Suffering: Lakota Voices

Suffering, as a universal humanuniverse living experience, was explored utilizing the Parsesciencing mode of inquiry. Ten Lakota historians engaged in discussion to answer the question, "What is your experience of suffering?" The discovery revealed the discerning extant moment of suffering as follows: Suffering is burdening anguish amid uplifting aspirations surfacing in persevering with divergent encounters.

With A Kiss: Betrayal

The author in this article explores theoretical perspectives on the humanbecoming ethical tenet of betrayal. Perspectives on betrayal include betrayal as a breach of promise, a betrayal continuum, betrayal as incidental and intentional, betrayal as moral injury, betrayal trauma, and the humanbecoming perspective of betrayal linked to feeling disappointed.

Living Human Dignity: A Nightingale Legacy

The authors in this article present the humanbecoming ethical tenets of human dignity: reverence, awe, betrayal, and shame. These four ethical tenets of human dignity are examined from a historical perspective, exploring how Rosemarie Rizzo Parse has conceptualized these ethical tenets with added descriptions from other scholars, and how Florence Nightingale lived human dignity as the founder of modern nursing.

Seeking Comfort

This article introduces a concept inventing paper on feeling comfortable. The introduction describes a personal experience of seeking comfort, which includes serene calm amid distracting unrest.

The Living Experience of Feeling Surprised

The purpose of this article is to report the finding of a Parse research method study on the universal living experience of feeling surprised. In dialogical engagement with the researcher, eight participants described the experience. The structure of the living experience of feeling surprised was found to be: Feeling surprised is stunning amazement arising with shifting fortunes, as delight amid despair surfaces with diverse involvements.

Liberating Discoveries

The author in this article identifies two liberating discoveries that foster human flourishing: the potential of new knowledge and the importance of living gratitude. These two liberating discoveries are explored from the humanbecoming perspective and cite important inquiries that expand understanding of the phenomena of new knowledge and feeling grateful.

What Do I Do Now?

The author in this article reports a literature review on the core concepts of a Parse inquiry on the lived experience of feeling sad: unrelenting misery, pondering the irreplaceable (remembering), and persevering with adversity. New conceptualizations of sadness are presented and the question for health professionals is posed: What do we do now?

The Living Experience of Feeling Unsure: A Parsesciencing Inquiry

The purpose of this article is to report the discovery of a Parsesciencing inquiry on the universal humanuniverse living experience of feeling unsure. In discussion with the scholar, 10 historians described their experiences. The discerning extant moment of the living experience of feeling unsure was found to be as follows: Feeling unsure is disquieting trepidation with pursuing endeavors arising with joining with-distancing from affiliations.

Community Change for Crystallizing Nursing’s Focus

The authors in this article retrospectively analyze the community change process undertaken by an American Nurses Association appointed Steering Committee mandated to revise the 2001 Code of Ethics for nursing. The authors identify the community change phases as the following: organizing for diversity of thinking; scanning the horizon of ethical thought; developing unifying discourse; creating new languaging; anticipating an emerging future; and, bearing witness to community innovation. The humanbecoming community change processes are used to expand understanding of these phases of change.

What Stories and Fables Can Teach Us

This column describes the influence of narrative on individuals and societies. More importantly, it describes the importance of story in dealing with health and quality of life issues. The idea of story as an epistemology is discussed. Individual stories which were created in seminars on writing for publication are presented along with stories and fables that lend further understanding to lived experiences of health. Ideas for teaching-learning in nursing regarding the issues in the stories are presented. Parse’s human becoming theory is used to further explicate understanding of these ideas.

The Experience of Feeling Unsure for Women at End-Of-Life

The purpose of this study was to answer the research question, What is the structure of the lived experience of feeling unsure? The participants were 9 women at end-of-life. The Parse research method, a phenomenological- hermeneutic method, was used to discover the structure of feeling unsure. Through the process of extraction- synthesis three core concepts were identified: disquieting apprehensiveness, pressing on, and intimate sorrows. Thus, the lived experience of feeling unsure for these 9 women is disquieting apprehensiveness arising while pressing on with intimate sorrows. The structure provides knowledge about feeling unsure and its connection to health and quality of life. Feeling unsure will be discussed in relation to the principles and concepts of human becoming and in relation to how it can inform nursing practice and future research.

The Lived Experience of Feeling Cared for: A Human Becoming Perspective

The purpose of this study was to answer the research question, What is the structure of the lived experience of feeling cared for? The participants were 10 women volunteers who were struggling with lack of economic, social, or interpersonal resources and who were or had been homeless. The Parse research method, a phenomenological-hermeneutic method, was used to discover the meaning of feeling cared for. The major finding of this study is the structure: Feeling cared for is contentment with intimate affiliations arising with salutary endeavors, while honoring uniqueness amid adversity. The structure provides knowledge about feeling cared for and its connection to health and quality of life. Feeling cared for is discussed in relation to the principles and concepts of human becoming and in relation to how it can inform nursing practice and future research.