Appreciation Essay

difference in the total amount of good in the world. As an example, lets consider a hurricane. If instead of killing hundreds of people, the hurricane just injured them, the total amount of good in the world would still decrease, so we would still feel appreciation, but at the same time, no evil would have to exist. This then proves that evil is not necessary for us to appreciate the good that exists because the same effect could have been made if there just existed a lesser good…

access to abundant light, we no longer have to search for that light. When we see the surroundings, we see the beauty of the poetry and the joy that comes with it, and “waving to the author’s name on the shore”, gives an appreciation to the poem as a whole and an appreciation to the one that wrote it. Seeing it as art helps the reader also understand that it is all about each person’s interpretation. Everyone reads the surface the same, each reader reads the words and lines for each poem for…

Dear Mama was written by Tupac Shakur in 1995. This song is a tribute to Shakur’s mother Afeni Shakur. Dear Mama portrays Tupac Shakur love for his mother and his appreciation for her work and motherhood throughout his youth. Although this song shows appreciation for Shakur’s mother he points out many struggles and social issues. This social issue includes; drugs, poverty, single mothers, gang affiliation and the absence of fathers in the home. Two Genres of music is used to attract two types of…

to the position/role they play in the community rather than because of a personal relationship. To me, Gratuities appear to be one’s way of showing appreciation. Some examples include: free coffee in convenience stores, half-price or free meals at a restaurant, and half-price dry cleaning. These examples of Gratuities show the business’ appreciation for the officers and the work they do. I feel that, often police are under appreciated, so this practice of gifting Gratuities serves as small…

Social Media, Young Generation, and the Fragile Self: Towards the Need for Appreciative Inquiry No dislike button in predominantly social media. It was created within a premise that no disagreement as well as no critics for social media users, we just need to elaborate our friends’ link or status and explore our agreement. In particular, social media wants us to think positively. Bunz (2011), for instances, argued that social media without dislike button are designed to avoid the dialectic order…

including how we see each other. I want to view others and be viewed by others through the lens of creativity, understanding, and appreciation for all kinds of beauty. My identity is shaped by my interest in and demonstrated talent for photography. I continually observe people, places, and things with a photographic view. I have a creative curiosity and appreciation of differences that allows me to see the world in a different light. As I move throughout my day my brain processes the…

eyes, the meaning of art can be easily simple or extraordinary complex. In the articles “Children with Disabilities: Constructing Metaphors and Meanings through Art” by Claudia Saldaña and “Where Does It Come From? Developmental Aspects of Art Appreciation” by Alfred Schabmann, Gernot Gerger, Barbara M. Schmidt, Eva Wo¨gerer, Igor Osipov, and Helmut Leder, two…

authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu). As the result, I got my top five strengths and they are the following: (1) hope, optimism, and future-mindedness, (2) perspective wisdom, (3) fairness, equity, and justice, (4) self-control and self-regulation and (5) appreciation of beauty and excellence. Those five are all mix of strengths that I believed that I can apply to my team to have a better foundation. My top and first result on my strength at VIA survey of…

could be useful to a culture. Besides propaganda events and rebellions in the 70’s, music being useful wasn’t something I bought into. After taking this course I have gained an appreciation and sophistication for music, and a basic knowledge of how to study music. Throughout this course I have gained a greater appreciation for music. I’ve grasped a sense of discovery, willingness, and understanding of diversity in music. Initially I…

Twain’s treatment of the land itself parallels his satire of the romantic depictions of Arabs in American travel literature. The holy sites are targets of satire in so far as they too are revealed to be inauthentic or fraudulent. The purpose of this satire is not to ridicule belief; indeed Twain believed that the holy sites, even the fraudulent ones, played a role in religious experience. Rather, Twain’s satire deemphasizes Palestine’s holiness in order to direct American attention away from the…