Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Admiration

Do you enjoy being admired? Of course we do. I all do. After all, I have an innate desire to be admired. I want to be respected and held in high regard. Since I all feel that way, my statement comes as no surprise. However, what I may overlook is that we have an equally strong desire to admire and respect others. How can I have such a desire and be unaware of it?
The admiration of others is a mark of maturity. When should free of emotional baggage and in control of our lives, we come to accept, appreciate, and admire others.

Admiring others doesn't mean holding in awe the rich and powerful. Rather, it means holding in reverence the benevolent, the peacemaker, and the compassionate. But Why this admiration goes that someday resulting the love that make us a source of happiness.A grateful heart is full of joy, while an ungrateful one is full of bitterness?

When we accept life we grow to appreciate it, then admire it, later revere it, and finally venerate it. An accepting heart blooms into a heart of love. And it is love that brings clarity of vision, which allows us to penetrate into the hearts of others. It dispels the clouds of prejudice and narrow-mindedness and allows us to learn from others. True admiration, then, is not about holding some people, special people,special friend, in high regard. Instead, it is about holding everyone in esteem. For when we look into the eyes of another, we behold our own reflection.

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