[August 12, 2024] Grace. Whenever I look back over the past century to see what defines women at their best, I see a combination of virtues that can only be described as ‘grace.’ Whether young or old, rich or poor, grace sets a few special, distinctive women apart from the remainder of their gender.
We can see this attribute without much effort. Walk the streets of midtown Manhattan or any small town in the USA, and those women with grace will stand out clearly like polished diamonds amid so many rocks.
Grace. Is such an attribute even desirable? Or, to put the question another way, is it desirable to possess grace because it makes women more attractive to men, more successful in their lives, and more a person than other women? While I believe the answer to that question is obvious – yes – I will also point out that this is something that our American society has historically and still does value.
We only need to look at women in those old classic movies, famous and well-known women, and those who have impacted our modern nation. One woman who immediately comes to my mind is Grace Kelly.
Grace Kelly, Academy Award-winning film and stage actress and later Grace, Princess of Morocco, was noticeable as someone special from a young age. But it was James Stewart who best put into words what many of us long to say about her. “Grace brought into my life as she brought into yours, a soft, warm light every time I saw her, and every time I saw her was a holiday of its own.”
So, what is “grace”? Are we born with it? Can we learn it? Can anyone have it? How does someone obtain such a distinctive trait? These are all important questions that deserve answering.
Grace is a virtue that rivals all others. But grace is also a combination of key personality attributes rolled into one: elegance and beauty, character, personal courage, honesty and integrity, kindness and compassion, loyalty to friends and family, a sense of consideration for others, responsibility and the “soft, warm light” that brightens a room when entered. Grace stands out in a world of shifting values where winning at all costs is considered worthwhile.
Like the fine quality of a flawless diamond, grace is clear and without fault.
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And Grace Kelly such a beautiful woman with immense grace.
Grace is indeed a quality that is lacking in most men and women today, in particular, I think that women no longer want to have it.
Excellent article. I wish that women were more gracious in their behavior but that is a character flaw that they consciously are encouraging. Sad.
Good point Reyes. Yes, it does appear that the lack of grace is something that is encouraged and this effort will backfire on women … and men will suffer for it too.
I enjoyed your article today, Gen. S. and thanks for it. I too see a serious decline in our women who show a lack of grace, but also they are proud of it. That is the result of the third wave feminism that says that women are better than every man and they “don’t need no man” philosophy that is bad for us all.
Hi, Gen. Satterfield. Well written article. A little more GRACE would be good for us all. Women have the chance to lead the way. Will they take the opportunity?
GRACE, something we all lack today in our hedonistic world.
Anya, true enough. And what is the reason for our loss of grace, and sadly for the loss of grace with our women? Just look at college campuses, that are now more than half young women, and how the lash out at anything that doesn’t support their latest fad … today its climate change or ‘just stop oil’ or genocide in – fill in the blank – or whatever they happen to get off the Internet. Our families are falling apart, fathers are abandoning their kids, women are divorcing their husbands, and kids are having more mental health problems ever before. And yet, they say this is what they want. Go figure. Grace …. it doesn’t even enter the picture.
Right Melissa, most of the young women I meet on college campuses, which I go to alot, are nasty, ugly, fat, stupid, and wildly anti-semitic and Democrats.
That is a sad picture we are painting of young women in America. I suggest they get a copy of Gen. Satterfield’s book “55 Rules for a Good Life” and read it and follow these long-proven rules that will make them a better person.
https://www.amazon.com/55-Rules-Good-Life-Responsibility/dp/1737915529/
But they won’t and much to their own detriment.
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I agree with you Veronica.
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