by Debra Lynn Dadd
I have learned many lessons by observing life.
Yes, I learn from my own personal life experiences, but beyond that I also look to life itself for lessons on how to be fully alive. In nature I can see harmony, beauty, abundance, continuity... Since these qualities, and others, exist inherently in life, then as a living being, they should exist in me, too--and in all human society. For, after all, we are beings born of nature as well.
From the world of living nature, I have learned the greatest lessons of my life. One of the most magnificent has been becoming aware of the power of admiration.
ADMIRATION
One of the most powerful tools for good I have found to exist throughout life is admiration. To admire something is to hold it in high regard and to appreciate it. I've found that when living beings are acknowledged with admiration and appreciation, all sorts of good things come forth.
An example of this phenomenon occurred with me, as a result of admiration I received for writing a previous article for Soulful Living.
For most of my life I have wanted to communicate about spirit. I first learned that I am a spirit--not a body or a mind--when I was six years old. Yet, living in a world where the common agreement is to pretend we are bodies, I learned very quickly not to talk about being a spirit, even though I knew it was true. When I became I writer, I longed to write on spiritual subjects, but didn't have the courage.
Then one day Valerie contacted me and asked me to write an article for Soulful Living about natural products, as I am the author of a book on this subject. I gave it a bit of a soulful slant, and then she asked me to write What Soulful Living is to Me. When I sent in this article, her response was "You should be a spiritual writer!"
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Copyright Debra Lynn Dadd. This article was originally
published at our website, SoulfulLiving.com, in Spring
2006,
as part of Soulful Living's "Life Lessons" Issue.
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