What defines you?

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@fmf said
What defines you?

The question can be tackled on any level you want.

I am what I think, say and do.

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So are you claiming, even sarcastically, that others define you?

I find this somewhat sad.

Every single person who has tried to "define" me, or simply to describe their impression of me, has gotten it, in varying degrees, entirely wrong. I would hope that you find the same.

@bigdoggproblem said
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I love the anthem quality of this song.

As this intimates, we all are different things to different people, as the nature of our interactions dictate. This is the answer as to why everyone who would try to define us all miss the mark, and some outrageously so. People judge others completely by their (somewhat/always) limited experience of them. We present different aspects of ourselves to different people, and I think this is driven by our particular interactions and history of interactions with that person. This is why the very same person can have fast friends and sworn enemies. This has precious little to do with "truth" or "principle" but even more to do with through what filter we choose to show ourselves to others on that particular day. We are therefore many things to many people, but this is what brings a richness to our lives. May it always be so.

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In short, everyone attempts to define everyone.

We all spend too much time trying to pigeonhole people into little categories, in order to make some order of ourselves. Too many people have no idea who they are, because they seem unwilling to embrace the complete spectrum of self. Not only do we pigeonhole others, but some would even try this technique on themselves, to their own detriment.

Now that I think on this, perhaps this (or something similar) is why I've never married. Sometimes self-introspection can be downright scary.

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When people only see the narrowest slice of someone else, they tend to define that person by that slice. People are vastly more than that, even the dullest of us, but que sera sera. Some people buy into what they hear from others and therefore start to believe they are less than what they can be.

@suzianne said
We all spend too much time trying to pigeonhole people into little categories, in order to make some order of ourselves.

Why, then, do you do this to people if you don't want it done to you?

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Wow! Sonship got five honorable mentions.

Did you ever stop to think about why there are so many posters judging you so?

Are there others receiving as much flack in these forums, or are you the most gifted?

Maybe you should consider the criticisms and examine your forum persona.

Just sayin'!

@suzianne said
In short, everyone attempts to define everyone.

We all spend too much time trying to pigeonhole people into little categories, in order to make some order of ourselves. Too many people have no idea who they are, because they seem unwilling to embrace the complete spectrum of self. Not only do we pigeonhole others, but some would even try this technique on themselves, to ...[text shortened]... something similar) is why I've never married. Sometimes self-introspection can be downright scary.

Insightful post above.

You should have married. Then you would have had someone nearer to confess their sins to. 😉

I heard someone say we get married and then spend the rest of our lives confessing our spouse's sins to each other. It was a joke, but true in some ways.