Task: Analyze the tweet's emotional connotations and classify it as either 'neutral or no emotion' or as one or more of the specified emotions (anger, anticipation, disgust, fear, joy, love, optimism, pessimism, sadness, surprise, trust) that best portray the tweeter's mental state.
Tweet: @syd_viciously I have gained a tremendous amount of respect for @RandPaul over the past couple of years.
This tweet contains emotions: 
joy, optimism, trust