Thought for the Day

[hellison]

Well, the question asking idea (previous post) did turn out Interesting as expected, tho some of the directions it took were quite unexpected e.g. discussion of one's preferences for/against the... more hirsute Gentleman's Area.
But thank you all for trying (very trying, in some cases).

One question, however, threw me completely and also caused me to Think; littlebluefish asked "What do you really love about yourself?". And I couldn't answer.
Eventually I did think of something (my ability to be independent, which is incredibly important to me) but it took quite a while and I still haven't come up with anything else - which set me wondering why it was so difficult.
Ask me for a list of things I like and I could manage, things I don't like and you'd be here all day, but 'love'? I don't think I've ever been asked to think of myself in those terms before, and it seems it never occurred to me to do it for myself ;p

Then I wondered if it's just me? Or is it a wider thing - are we not encouraged to love ourselves enough (at the risk of sounding a bit selfhelp/twee there)? And if not, why not?

So! Today's question for the class; more of a youyou than a meme for once ;)

What do you really love about yourself?

Comments

[dasquian.livejournal.com]

You're not kidding, this *is* hard.

Anything I could come up with just makes me sound like a self-absorbed prick when phrased "I love that I...", or that I'm lording it over other people.

I guess... I love that I have ended up in a career I am genuinely passionate about. I'm not sure there's anything I love about my personality that aren't mitigated by contigent downsides.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

It's harder than you'd think, isn't it? Maybe we all need more practice ;p

[malvino.livejournal.com]

Not me (and that's something else I love about me, I've already come to terms with loving myself) :)






this could get grating after a while :P

[dasquian.livejournal.com]

A while, eh? ;p

[malvino.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm quite patient and thing don't tend to bug me until they get really anal (which is one of the things I love about me).

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

I love you for your photographic creativity.

*loves*

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Heh, I did actually mean to put 'except Malvino' on the end of that comment ;)

And pfft, i have brothers, this is nothing