Eight Things About YOU
arun on Aug 28 2007 at 9:05 am | Filed under: *favourites*, looking out, others wisdom | Click here to go HOME | or find out about SUBSCRIBING TO THE PIT |
Enough about me… It’s time you shared something about you! I was trying to work out how to find out more about you and then got the idea for this after responding to Tammy’s “Who Are You” post on her excellent blog.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to simply copy and paste the list below into the comments of this post and then finish each sentence!
You do NOT have to be profound, witty or have sentences that work on several levels, rhyme or are spelt correctly!!! Just be honest and write what comes into your mind. Be as long or short as you like. Be as revealing or guarded as you dare… Just be sure to have a go!
Here they are:
- “I am…”
- “Right now I am in…”
- “Most people do not know that I…”
- “I am passionate about…”
- “Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…”
- “My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…”
- “If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…”
- “I think that the most important thing about life is…”
By the way… it doesn’t count when you just finish the questions in your head… you actually have to click on the comments option and write them down!
Thank you in advance for sharing 
(ive added this line a day after i wrote the post above. There are 4 replies so far which i am finding fascinating to read… ive added this post to my “favourite” list, thank you all!)
Wow Arun, interesting questions. I’m going to try my best not to write a book. I might do something like this on my http://zenpizza.blogspot.com website. This is a great exercise for all of us.
# “I am…Tammy Takahashi - mom, wife, friend, writer, editor, thinker.
# “Right now I am in…Colorado, about 1000 miles from home, visiting my dad who had back surgery last week. It would have been very unlikely that I’d be here if we weren’t homeschooling.
# “Most people do not know that I…am not an unschooler.
# “I am passionate about…life. So many things about being alive spark my passion. I love writing, reading, being with the kids, feeling, thinking, communicating, experiencing, just being alive. I made a conscious choice a few years ago that if I was not enthusiastic about what I was doing, I wouldn’t do it anymore. I decided to stop doing things for other people’s approval, and to instead, be enthusiastic for my own reasons. It’s taken time, and practice, to get out of the “do well to impress the people I feel have power over me” state of mind derived from being a good student, and to move into a more organic way of living and being passionate about life.
# “Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…that I believed people always grow and learn their entire lives. I hope they remember the time we spent playing, learning and living together. I hope they remember our conversations and just “being” together. I hope they remember that our family was always about loving each other, not trying to be right or to control or to judge each other.
# “My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…my wedding day, the days my kids were born, today when I hugged my children good morning. (Which I do every morning.)
# “If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…focus on being friends with myself, to learn to understand myself, and then to learn to accept my faults as OK. We’re all human, it’s OK to make mistakes. I’d also tell myself to stop trying to fit in and just be who I was, and be proud of it, even if it pissed people off. Oh, I’d also tell myself that I wasn’t responsible for anyone’s emotions but my own, and that nobody else was responsible for my emotions. Other people can’t make me happy, only I can make me happy.
# “I think that the most important thing about life is…the relationships we have with ourselves, with other people and with death. I also believe that appreciating the fact that we are alive is important, and the choices we make in our lives show how much we appreciate the fact that we are here and able to make choices.
So, there’s the book you asked for! Wait, you didn’t answer your own questions! Where are your answers?
“I am excited and impatient”
“Right now I am in my husband’s well worn recliner”
“Most people do not know that I… am extremely shy”
“I am passionate about… breastfeeding and unschooling”
“Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember… being loved and having fun”
“My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember… my wedding day”
“If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to… relax, everything will work out.”
“I think that the most important thing about life is… to relax and not let it pass by too fast.”
“I am…Amanda, living with my other half, 2 daughters, a son and a goofy Dobermann”
“Right now I am in…crocs, socks, a hoodie jumper I commandeered from my partner”
“Most people do not know that I…(no answer, I am not very mysterious)”
“I am passionate about…being appreciative”
“Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…all the simple pleasures we shared”
“My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…when I first made eye contact with our puppy ‘whoever said you can’t buy happiness hasn’t bought a dog’…and it goes without saying every day of motherhood”
“If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…know that this too shall pass and just to see the look on my face, tell me that I would be married and a mum in 3 years time”
“I think that the most important thing about life is…that it is ephemeral thus I mustn’t live like it isn’t”
# “I am…an outspoken, loving and often-funny dork.”
# “Right now I am in…a constant state of severe sleep deprivation, so much so that I’m getting teary-eyed just filling in these answers.”
# “Most people do not know that I…had never even heard of attachment parenting until my first nephew was born 8 years ago.”
# “I am passionate about…car seat safety. I did say I was a dork, right? Umm, also quite passionate about attachment parenting.”
# “Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…that I sang to them every day and that I love them beyond all reason.”
# “My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…giving birth to my son: the most incredible, intense and beautiful experience of my life to date. I would go through labor again in a heartbeat.”
# “If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…not go to college yet.”
# “I think that the most important thing about life is…the connections we have with other people.”
# “I am…loving this post, Arun. What a cool bunch of mamas you gals are!
# “Right now I am in…the loft of my tiny home (16 X 16 feet) in Southeast Alaska. I work from home and my oldest son Blake calls this “mamas office”…pretty humble office
# “Most people do not know that I… still rock out to ACDC on occasion :)”
# “I am passionate about…my family, organics, subsistence living and being in truly wild places”
# “Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…what my love feels like and how goofy I am”
# “My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…giving birth to my second born son, Nate. He was born unassisted and into my own hands.”
# “If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…love thyself”
# “I think that the most important thing about life is…to LOVE”
“I am… in a state of profound transformation.”
“Right now I am in…the tatami room of our small apartment in tokyo.”
“Most people do not know that I…am really really sensitive”
“I am passionate about…my husband and kids, poetry, curry, clean living, moss growing on trees, chocolate, flowers, daydreaming”
“Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…my honesty and dedication to our family”
“My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…the birth of my children (waterbirth), first date with THE guy, hot summer days in the garden with my grandfather when i was a girl”
“If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…hey! wake up! and….you are not to blame.”
“I think that the most important thing about life is…smiling often”
Ooooo…. I love games! Can we play games more often in here, this is fun!
# “I am…said I”
# “Right now I am in…the middle of cooking dinner”
# “Most people do not know that I…don’t like wearing pink, especially my in laws who keep buying me pink girly things”
# “I am passionate about…loving as many people in the world as I possibly can….I have a big heart you know”
# “Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…the feeling of connection that we created together”
# “My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…listening to OSHO on tape and getting that light bulb moment where my life doesn’t feel too bad after all, my heart opens up and I fall in love with everything and everyone and I can relax in the pure awareness of blissful connection.”
# “If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…let go, breathe, everything is existing in the perfect harmony that it should be existing in so stop the struggle and play instead”
# “I think that the most important thing about life is…to remember that we are all one and love unconditionally and for no good reason….oh and remember to PLAY”
I am…so grateful that my kids do not have to go to school.
Right now I am in…”good morning” mode, waiting for each of my kids to wake up and have a morning snuggle. Mmmmm!
Most people do not know that I…have such a complicated family history.
I am passionate about…the right of all children to be safe, and loved.
Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…how much I love them and believe in them.
My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…any one of a million moments with my husband and kids.
If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…stop being so hard on yourself. Be as nice to yourself as you think you should be to others. Forgive yourself more.
I think that the most important thing about life is…simple, love!
# “I am… pretty darn happy today.”
# “Right now I am in…love with my family. Can you tell that I had a great day today?”
# “Most people do not know that I…used to be a nude model for art classes back in college.”
# “I am passionate about…natural childbirth and the positive effects it can have on families.”
# “Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…how it felt when we hugged.”
# “My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…the joy in the eyes of my husband and I when we pulled my son from my body and saw him for the first time.”
# “If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…forget about college. The debt isn’t worth it, and you can learn so much more from other activities in life.”
# “I think that the most important thing about life is…love and friendship.”
* “I am Gab, a wife, and a mum of 2 and a half kids… and a fairly new reader of your wonderful blog”
* “Right now I am in an excited state where I know I’m on the edge of some pretty big changes in my life…”
* “Most people do not know that I am way more alternative in my thinking than they’d expect…”
* “I am passionate about breastfeeding, natural living, natural parenting, natural birth, empowering women…”
* “Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember laughing with me, spending time playing with me, being free to be children with me…”
* “My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…the absolute bliss I experienced after my daughter’s waterbirth”
* “If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to enjoy sleep more and get it in while you can!…”
* “I think that the most important thing about life is… something I read in a book once. It said that life is not about discovering Who You Are, it’s about creating who you want to be. That creative power within each of us is limitless and magnificent.”
“I am…” A little green majik faerie
“Right now I am in…” dividual
“Most people do not know that I…” am a lesbian (I hide it by being married to a man)
“I am passionate about…” natural birth, unschooling, rainbow, forests… oh so many things
“Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…”.
actually, that’s all I need to say. the statement is fine as it stands
“My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…” this really poor man in India who took care of me when I was sick. When I went to leave his home, after a couple of weeks, I returned a woolen blanket I’d been borrowing from him. But he wouldnt accept it back, saying that I needed it. I felt terrible taking this really great blanket from this increadibly poor guy. I agrued with him for a while, insisting that he should keep it. Eventually, I just put it on his bed and said “Its YOUR blanket.” he replied “you’re right. it is my blanket. and I’M giving it to YOU”. I still have that blanket.
“If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…” I’m still 18… aren’t I??
“I think that the most important thing about life is…” living. no, dying. no, laughing about them both!
“I am… fascinated by the new world I have recently discovered: unschooling and all it represents”
“Right now I am in… Spain”
“Most people do not know that I…am becoming vegetarian”
“I am passionate about…looking after the planet”
“Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…someone who spent lots and lots of time with them”
“My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…my early twenties”
“If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…just live life without trying to grow up too quickly”
“I think that the most important thing about life is…love”
# “I am…” a mama, writer, artist and wanderer.
# “Right now I am in…” our new place in Vermont where we have made a tiny little computer nook.
# “Most people do not know that I…” still have my teddy bear in our bedroom.
# “I am passionate about…” connecting to my family, community and the place that I live. I am also passionate about creativity and its place in my daily life.
# “Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…” that I actively pursued my interests and passions and did not just talk about the ‘good old days’
# “My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…” childhood New Years and Thanksgivings.
# “If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…” be less afraid of life, it’s lesson I learned almost ten years later- too late.
# “I think that the most important thing about life is…” living it fully and with love. I don’t believe that it is something solely for weekends and retirement we were meant to be living fully all the time.
“I am… a mama, a researcher, a writer, and impatient and trying not to be about the future.
Right now I am in… Brisbane
Most people do not know that I… have a tatoo of a butterfly on my butt. My baby girl Adiva loves to talk to the butterfly while we’re in the shower together - just me, Adiva and Butterfly.
I am passionate about…writing, my baby, living in wellness, organics, and finding out all I can about pre-conception care at the moment (I’m committed to having a few months without vomiting). I want someone to say ‘Gee you’re glowing!’.
Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…showers with me and my Butterfly, connection, fun, freedom and love.
“My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember… living in Jackson, Wyoming in Fall with the colourful Aspen leaves, Elk, Bison, and plenty of frosty walks with my parter by the Snake River.
“If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to… always trust and follow your intuition.
“I think that the most important thing about life is… my family, friends, and writing.
Here they are:
“I am…” holding my sleeping 9mo daughter as I type
“Right now I am in…” love with this life we’ve created
“Most people do not know that I…” crave dunkin donuts when pregnant
“I am passionate about…” fighting nuclear-family-isolation by creating/nurturing tribes
“Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…” that I loved them & loved life & fought for their right to live a life full of personal meaning
“My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…” birthing my daughter in my living room illuminated only by the lights of the Christmas tree
“If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…” not give up…life will, someday, be heartachingly beautiful & worth it…
“I think that the most important thing about life is…” to make no decisions from a place of fear.
“I am a mother, wife , unschooler - sometimes radical , bird with long wings , boat on the water surfs with the winds ”
“Right now I am in a process of focusing on attending the moment ”
“Most people do not know that I am in a spiritual process ”
“I am passionate about establishing a community that will gather unschoolers ,will live on the same land and support the children and parents on this path .
My practical vision is a communal workshops for art and crafts, carpentry , music and movement , library, computers for the joy of everyone, communal dinners occasionally ,and bottom line : communal fire !! , by all meanings”
“Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember, my unconditional love , my support for them being what they are with the freedom from restraints of the culture.
“My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember
every innocent moment of the purity of my children”
“If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to accept and respect myself the way I was.
“I think that the most important thing about life is to remember the illusion of the ego and the mindful self.
“I am…” a new mother
“Right now I am in…” a very good mood because my baby is sleeping peacefully
“Most people do not know that I…” exist
“I am passionate about…” good books
“Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…” how much I loved them
“My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…” easy, loving times with true friends
“If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…” become a teacher instead of a lawyer
“I think that the most important thing about life is…” caring
I am…still in shock that I am a mother; my eldest is nearly 6”
“Right now I am in…suburban Melbourne”
“Most people do not know that I…am frightened of the fast approaching year 2012”
“I am passionate about…my children making decisions based on individual thought; not fear of punishment, or a given reward”
“Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…happy times”
“My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…my son’s water birth”
“If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…not be a sheep! ”
“I think that the most important thing about life is…letting go of control. When I just allow things to be, I am present, in the moment. Love it!”
“I am just discovering your fabulous blog and I’m living intentionally and trying to be who I really want to be”
“Right now I am in my quiet living room listening to Pink Martini while dh and dd1 are working out and dd2 is playing with friends - yea - oh, it was fleeting - dd2 just came in and turned the the TV…”
“Most people do not know that I was a CPA (wow - now that was a totally different life…”
“I am passionate about living intentionally, unschooling, the environment, helping people see that they have choices and they are making them even when they don’t think they are…”
“Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember that they are worthy…”
“My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember all the wonderful time dd1 and I spent together when she was really little…”
“If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to not worry about being right. Connections and relationships are the most important things in life.”
“I think that the most important thing about life is what I just said - connections and relationships!”
“I am sitting at my kitchen table, drinking a cup of tea, hoping to find the definitive online resource (a fortune-teller perhaps?) that will tell me I’ve made the right choice in taking my son out of school and opting to unschool instead.”
“Right now I am in a state of severe parental angst.”
“Most people do not know that I used to bellydance at a Morroccan restaurant and that my son is named after Jerry Garcia.”
“I am passionate about good books and creme brulee.”
“Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember how much fun we had together.”
“My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember the sound of my son’s laughter–oh, and him as a three year old insisting to everyone we met that his name was Batman.”
“If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to lose society’s definition of happiness and success. I’d say life should be about creating a definition all my own and then living it.”
“I think that the most important thing about life is the sun, the rain, the smell of sage, holding hands, laughing, the sound of the waves hitting the shore, hugs, friends, family….I could go on forever! Maybe it’s best just to say the most important thing about life is to enjoy it.”
“I am…a good mom”
“Right now I am in…a very comfortable chair”
“Most people do not know that I…am still afraid of the dark”
“I am passionate about…soup. Good soup, made with love, art and good quality ingredients nurtures the body, the soul, the family. It can bring friends together, it can heal the sick, it can build relationships. Making soup for people I love is good for my soul.”
“Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…my soup. Just jokes. I hope that they remember my love for them, that it never changes, is always there no matter what. Mom is always sanctuary”
“My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…my mom holding me and understanding when I just needed to cry, she always understood and accepted me, even when I didn’t.”
“If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…love and accept myself as I am, it took me 40 years to learn that I’m a pretty good person after all.”
“I think that the most important thing about life is…being true to yourself and loving freely.”
“I am so tired of dreaming; it is time to live wide awake.”
“Right now I am in bed.”
“Most people do not know that I have decided to move to Costa Rica.”
“I am passionate about mothering, and unschooling, and words.”
“Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember how many times I kissed them, hugged them, told them I loved them. So much.”
“My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember sitting at the picnic table with three other unschooling moms — the first of their breed I’d met — feeling like a round peg in a round hole for the first time in my life.”
“If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to enjoy the sex; Catholic guilt about your intrinsic homosapienness is pointless … entirely counterproductive.”
“I think that the most important thing about life is being willing to be sufficiently present that courage for the really meaningful stuff is right there. Right there. Not buried under a heap-o-disguise.”
# “I am… catching up on Arun’s blog. Great posts lately Mate.”
# “Right now I am in…the yurt, (pic here) Hiding from a tantrum I had this morning. I threw a pillow at my daughter. I feel ashamed and still angry so am cooling down reading Arun’s soothing, inspiring and encouraging words. Will return to apologise and talk with her soon.”
# “Most people do not know that I… can put both thumbs and forefingers up both nostrils at once.”
# “I am passionate about… the raising of the red queen. That is the rebalance of feminine spiritual power. Living in a reality where masculine and feminine are worshipped equally”
# “Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember… I’m just next door when ever they want to talk or need help with their children”
# “My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember… My 11 year old singing me a song he wrote about a girl he loves”
# “If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to… always and to only Nourish”
# “I think that the most important thing about life is… Truly Experiencing it”