Monday, May 5, 2008

Who I am. Who I am not.

Talking with a friend today, we were discussing who we are and who we are not. Is how people see us who we really are? Or are we just we?

I polled my friends to see how they would describe me in five words. Here are the results:

Friend # 1:
Honest - honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair

Loyal - characterized by or showing faithfulness to commitments, vows, allegiance, obligations, etc

Intellectual - possessing or showing intellect or mental capacity, esp. to a high degree

Empathetic - of, pertaining to, or characterized by empathy (empathy: the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another)

Assertive - confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic

Friend # 2:

Intelligent - having good understanding or a high mental capacity

Loyal - established above ^^^^

Compassionate - having or showing compassion (compassion: a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering)

Witty - amusingly clever in perception and expression

Driven - being under compulsion, as to succeed or excel

Friend # 3:

intelligent - see above.

compassionate - see above.

pet friendly ;) - friendly and caring towards pets.

confident - sure of oneself; having no uncertainty about one's own abilities, correctness, successfulness, etc

attractive - Pleasing to the eye or mind; charming.

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