Extraordinary people

There are a few, very few, people in the world who are almost always mirrors of others best sides.

Highly successful, genuinely good hearted human beings who take the words, actions, and even thoughts of others, sort out what is good and bad, throw away the bad, or awkward, and highlight the rest.

I know one when I meet him, or her, because I feel, first of all bemused, then beautiful, competent, glad to be there.

Bemused because they see things in me that I truly do not, but they are things I want and because of these beautiful people I get a glimpse of myself in that place.

Sometimes that's all it takes, a fleeting vision of our best selves and we take a step in the right direction. 

There is a difference between condescending acquiescing and true motivation and while many of us may not know how to express it, we feel it when it happens in the presence of these extraordinary people.