From "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.
Q #15
Whom do you admire the most? In what way does that person inspire you?
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Hmmmmm.....I have a few people I admire and several of them tie for top spot so rather than name names, I think naming the reasons WHY would be more appropriate.
They are all intelligent;educated (either by Institutions of Higher Learning or by The School of Hard Knocks); they are outspoken but know HOW to BE outspoken (so I guess that means ASSERTIVE but not AGGRESSIVE?);caring;loving;giving;
considerate;thinks of others before themselves but not to the point of martydom;easy to talk to; laid back but has enough energy to have fun and laugh; who can impart wisdom to you without you even realizing it (my Grandfather was so good at that!).And each person I know, EXCELLS in AT LEAST 1 or 2 skills I know nothing about and would like to learn from them.(notice I said AT LEAST)
And just in general....as Kahlil Gibran stated "A Great man is he who never loses the heart of a child." That goes for women too! And I admire my dog in her younger years....she knew how to "work it" to "get it" and all she wanted was some love a little play time, treats and lots of cuddles..which she got in abundance! And she didn't have to do much to get it!
My admiration for most of my life has been split between my father and my mother.
My father was a warrior and a hero - a career Army officer who spent over 30 years in uniform. He fought in WWI, Korea and Vietnam, and received many awards for valor, the Silver Star being the highest. He was a man of integrity and honor, and if I am even a little like him, I am proud to be so. He was often away from home doing his duty. In fact, he missed several of his sons' graduations from high school and college, as well as other important events in our lives. I never begrudged him these absences. Being an Army brat gives one a unique understanding of duty. All in all, my father was remarkable.
My mother was, in many ways, even more heroic and honorable than my father. While my dad was off on his Army jaunts, she stayed home and raised four sons. All of us are college graduates, hold responsible jobs, and are men on honor and integrity in our own right. This is due to the example set by our father and even more by our mother. The strength of character she showed every day in every way is not to be discounted - especially as she did it day in and day out with no fanfare, no rewards or medals.
I am extraordinarily lucky to have had these fine people as my parents.
The last 7 years have seen me add one more person to my list - my wife. She teached me more every day than I ever thought possible by her kindness and warmth. She is a person of honesty and courage, a person anyone would be proud to know, and a person every young woman should use as a role model.
I am amazed every day that I wake up to find she still wants to be with me.
Wow, I am really a lucky man.
What Rant Master said minus the wife, I am not married. Dad was in the Army post WWII.
My parents, both mine and my in-laws. They are all hard working, honest, good-hearted folks. Good Americans who raised their children the best they knew how and raised each of us to be successfull. Whatever faults they have, and they do have them as do I, they admit to. They came from a generation that did not show affection or love outwardly, but showed it in other ways. Something I think my generation has had to learn somewhat the hard way but I understand where my parents came from. The other person I admire the most is my wife. She is highly intelligent, lovely and she has taught me the true meaning of love and more importantly has reinforced some of my mothers lessons on being tolerant of others. To me she is as beautiful inside as she is out.
Other folks I admire for their accomplishments in life:
Frank Lloyd Wright for changing the total vocabulary of what Architecture SHOULD mean to a free people and for so many great works of architecture.
Louis Armstrong for changing the vocabulary of modern music and forging, nurturing and developing Jazz in face of racial prejudice.
Martin Luther King for getting Americans, especially white Americans to wake up to the injustice of racism, bigotry and hate. To help us live up to the better angels of our nature.
And finally to Abrahim Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt for their leadership in the some of the darkest days of this republic.
My parents for so many reasons. Dad for being a real 'jack of all trades'. And my mom's patience in all situations and that skill has been put to the test many many times.
And my husband who constantly surprises me with the things he knows and can remember. I'm totally in awe of him.
And lastly, my friends who inspire me to be a better friend and person everytime I am around them.
I guess I would have to say my son. I raised him for the first 14 years of his life and now lives with his father (who is a prejudiced redneck). Even though his father tries to push his views onto him, he stays true to his raising. He has friends that his father would not approve of (and does not know about), he is polite (his father is rude), he is also a gentleman (his father is an ass). Despite living with his "father" for the last three years, he has turned out to be the kid I have raised him to be. I am very proud to be his mother.
the person i admire the most is my sister she has been through harsh times and is aways thewre 4 me
my sis
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