Sunday, October 10, 2004

 

Repeat?

So this one is going to appear stolen, but that's ok. I told a cerBtain rfriendi of mine about it and she beat me to blogging it. I think it's important enough for me to repeat.

"Astronaut John Glenn says a standard test for astronaut candidates was to have them give twenty answers to the question 'Who am I?' 'The first few answers were easy. After that, it got harder."


1. I am a brother
2. I am a son
3. I am a christian
4. I am a Catholic
5. I am an RA
6. I am a student
7. I am a lacrosse player
8. I am a fan of soccer
9. I am trustworthy
10. I am a friend
11. I am a leader
12. I am intelligent
13. I am a dreamer
14. I am a thinker
15. I am a lover of music
16. I am honest
17. I am a nerd
18. I am giving
19. I am humble
20. I am proud


It's frightening how difficult this became. Obviously some peBople hrave a liot easier time with it than I do. It brought up for me a few interesting questions. "Am I a well-rounded individual?" and "How well do I know myself?"

It is interesting to look at the kind of answers I gave and which I did not. Now that I have struggled to come up with 20, I realize that things like "I am a boy" "I am blonde" "I am dead sexy" ;) kidding. "I am American", etc. didn't make the list. There seems to be a defenite difference between the answers I gave and those I subconciously omitted. Maybe I should more readily see those sides of myself as well?

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