Paul Thomas Mann
"I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it." -- Thomas Mann
Chris' Commentary:
In many ways we become what we admire. We look at something and roll it around in our minds as something good and then try to emulate it and it draws us to become like it (or them). We can admire a character trait, a skill, or a person. Sometimes we have to purpose to admire. Sometimes those traits or people who are most worthy of admiration are not those we would think of at first. Rather, we tend to be drawn to celebrity or panache. If we truly want to achieve balanced success in this life, we would be well off to find people who are truly deserving of our admiration. Then, as we admire them, we can have our lives shaped by that which we long to become.
Action Point: Find someone today who you haven't necessarily admired in the past. Think about those things in his or her life that are admirable. Then decide to work on those things in your own life. And if you want to double your blessing, tell that person what you admire about them!
Chris' Commentary:
In many ways we become what we admire. We look at something and roll it around in our minds as something good and then try to emulate it and it draws us to become like it (or them). We can admire a character trait, a skill, or a person. Sometimes we have to purpose to admire. Sometimes those traits or people who are most worthy of admiration are not those we would think of at first. Rather, we tend to be drawn to celebrity or panache. If we truly want to achieve balanced success in this life, we would be well off to find people who are truly deserving of our admiration. Then, as we admire them, we can have our lives shaped by that which we long to become.
Action Point: Find someone today who you haven't necessarily admired in the past. Think about those things in his or her life that are admirable. Then decide to work on those things in your own life. And if you want to double your blessing, tell that person what you admire about them!
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