Thursday, August 14, 2008

Who are three people you admire, and what do you admire about them?

Oh my goodness, so many I admire... Who to pick and find out why I admire them...

1. Surprise! J.R.R. Tolkien. I admire him for the world he created, the depth and abundance and richness of his books. That he composed languages that we can actually speak and hold a conversation with.

2. The Dalai Lama. The way he is able to talk about serious things with a laughter in between, the way he sometimes can look like a child and the curiousness in his eyes and his calmness.

3. Nelson Mandela. How he survived all those years in captivity without even an ounch of hatred in him. For his wisdom and his will to change what can almost seem impossible to change. (The same courage that Hans Christian meet his captives with, without hatred and only the will to understand what drives other people to commit such unspeakable acts of violence...)

I could really go on and on:) But since it is three, I decided on those three because they were the first to come to mind)))

1 comment:

Sheri said...

I know, this was really difficult and yet easy at the same time))) So many to name. . .