Reverence



Reverence

Introduction

Reverence means honoring or respecting someone. It is when an individual feels respect or admiration for a thing or a person. It is the attitude or feeling of deep respect towards a person or thing. This feeling is usually preserved for the divine or scared individuals, things or places. The reverence is usually shown through a bow or an obeisance's act. Every person has an inspiration in life. It is due to that inspiration that a person strives to be like his inspiration and be successful in life. There are people who admire others and who make sure that their inspiration is the reason of success in their lives. A person is admired for many reasons and these reasons maybe the reason of the person's success. The admirations have a huge impact on the person's life and I believe that the person who has made a huge difference in one's life is the perfect person to admire.

My Understanding of Reverence

I believe that the person you look up to and the person whom you try to follow or copy is the reverence. It is the way of showing that you admire that individual. I also admire and respect many people in my life. My admiration is Guadalupe Quintanilla because she has left a huge impact on my life. I was thirteen years old when I first heard of her and was in the middle school then. The biggest reason why I admire her is that she has had a huge impact on my life and others and has been a great Hispanic leader. She has overcome in a very impressive way all the years and has struggled a lot. This is the main reason why I admire her the most. As a young child, she was unable to learn much because she had an IQ of 69 which was lower than usual, but she had the determination and had believe in herself which took her so far. She was one strong individual as she had suffered a lot during her young age. One was her learning disability, and the second one was the separation of her parents. When her parents got divorced, she was only eighteen months old and lived with her grandparents. She started going to school when she was thirteen years old. She never felt comfortable in grade one because everyone was younger than her in the class. She was also labeled retarded when she got admitted to the first grade. Even after being disappointed and being left out at school, she pushed herself everyday to attend school and finally completed elementary school. She was very happy after graduating from elementary school, but was unable to complete her middle school because her grandparents were getting sick day by day and she had to take care of them. After their death, she thought that she had lost everything and there is no meaning of her life. She was very depressed, but her friend helped her in getting better and in ...