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sanita -> RE: Dignity Defined (1/21/2006 2:56:09 PM)
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If i may expand a little more on the OP:
One often hears about Grace and Dignity going together. Most of the time, when i think of someone diginified, there is an element of Grace in my perception, and vice-versa.
However, now that i think about it, there is a distinction. One can be dignified, and not graceful. Can one have Grace and not be dignified? i guess so.
If Dignity is the structure of the carriage and presence a person has, it is self-contained. That person does not have to interact or give others respect or a sense of dignity for themselves. Maybe Grace is a sort of lubricant that allows people to function among other humans, with or without Dignity?
The more stately and formal a person is, the more Dignified. The more approachable, and tangible to the masses they are, the more graceful. It may not be dignified to spit and spat and feed discord, but it is Grace that counteracts it. So Dignity is great, but Grace has more of my votes.
i have seen people who are very proud of themselves, and should be, and who carry themselves with a great deal of Dignity. They command respect, maybe not verbally, but in the way they carry themselves.
Then there are the people who are LOVED and respected.
Does Dignity breed love and respect? Maybe not. But Grace does. And the person who has walked through many of the worst scenarios with Grace AND Dignity? Well, they hold much of my admiration. Yes, someday i want to be seen as possesing Grace AND Dignity.
(klutziness aside! *lol* )
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