Who are you? What do you want?
I love these questions as posed in Babylon 5, simple and to the point.
I got a kick out of reading Trekkygeek and Meds waxing nostalgic over Britain's Olympic conquests in the 1000 + Club thread. Then the question occurred to me - Is it more important to know who you are or what you want?
Any thoughts?
(Trekkygeek mentioned pride, courage and never giving up. My parents called that "Moxie")
Who am I ?
2 - 4 - 6 - 0 - 1 !!!!
Not a simple answer, esentially I believe we are an accumulation of all our failures , successess and life experiences which all help to shape what we will eventually become.
Quote from: iceman on August 24, 2008, 03:02:02 PM
Not a simple answer, esentially I believe we are an accumulation of all our failures , successess and life experiences which all help to shape what we will eventually become.
You could consider who you are or what you want as an individual, a family, a culture or country.
I don't know if there is a correct answer.
I agree that knowing who you want to be (having a dream) will shape what you will eventually become.
But ultimately who we want to be is a construct of our psyche and not real. It's how we want to be perceived by others but is a complete affect.
Quote from: Bryancd on August 24, 2008, 05:23:44 PM
But ultimately who we want to be is a construct of our psyche and not real. It's how we want to be perceived by others but is a complete affect.
The need to be perceived well by others answers the question - What do you want?
Who are you? could be "I'm a leader, a follower, a poet or a explorer".
Simple questions, but difficult to answer.