ADMIRATION
“Admiration” is appreciation praise, appreciation, approval,
regard, high regard, respect, esteem, veneration, applause, compliment , adoration
and idolization.
It is a positive quality. If we admire something we regard it
with respect or warm approval. We find
it impressive, attractive and loveable and look at it with pleasure.
An admirable person has in himself some extraordinary quality
like knowledge, memory, performing skill, stamina, bravery, courage, endurance,
adaptability, respect for others and encouragement.
Admiration is also considered a social emotion which one
feels “by observing people of competence, talent, or skill.” It also motivates
self-improvement through learning from role-models.
According to another view “admiration inspires us to learn
from excellent models, to become better people, and to praise others and create
social bonds.”
The Scottish essayist and historian Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) says: No nobler feeling than this,
of admiration for one higher than himself, dwells in the breast of man.---It is
to this hour, and at all hours, the vivifying influence in man’s life.
According to the Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher Edmund
Burke (1729-1797) there is a wide
difference between admiration and love. The sublime, which is the cause of the
former, always dwells on great objects and terrible; the latter on small ones
and pleasing; we submit to what we admire, but we love what submits to us: in
one case we are forced, in the other we are flattered, into compliance.
Personally, I would like everybody to have admiration for
whatever pleasing or beautiful he sees in this world.
Finally, this admirable quote: The love of family and the
admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.
G.R.Kanwal
22 November 2024
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