Thought for the Day
May. 3rd, 2007 10:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hellisonWell, 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;![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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?
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?
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Date: 2007-05-03 07:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 07:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 07:23 pm (UTC)I'd have to say ...
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I love that I can up and go around the world and not feel scared/nervous/anxious. My freedom and my ability to enact on that freedom is perhaps the number one thing that I love about myself.
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Date: 2007-05-03 07:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 10:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 11:01 pm (UTC)But good for you! and when are you coming back to THIS part of the world so we can go horseriding and have a sleep over and drink alcopops and talk about boys??