January 22, 2010
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who makes you the person you are?
>Reflection Assignment for Philosophy Class
>not the greatest response ever, but you may find it interesting.The People Responsible
Almost everyone I have encountered has contributed to making me the person I am today. The way all people treat, react, and view me has helped mold my personality. The more people are present in my life, the larger effect they have on me. The people who have made the biggest contributions are my parents, friends, and impressionable encounters.
The majority of my life has been spent around my parents. They taught me their religions (They switched from Catholicism to Mormonism to a variety of Church of Christs). This switch between religions/belief systems has contributed to my outlook on church, God, and moral principles. It also contributed to my second-guessing ways. Some other things that my parents instilled into me were their family values and approaches to money and happiness. I have learned from observing their triumphs and mistakes and it has made me into the person I am today.
My friends have given me a glimpse into the outside world, a place very different from home. They give me a second perspective (which is often conflicting with my parents). My experiences with them have influenced the way I react to situations today. They helped form my perceptions and feelings about countless issues. I discovered so many new things and expanded my interests thanks to my friends. My favorite music, books, and activities are largely due to my friends’ suggestions and ideas.
Teachers, acquaintances, neighbors, and countless others have also affected my personality. My constructive, encouraging teachers made me more confident in certain areas of my education as well parts of my lifestyle. The harsher people I’ve come into contact with have contributed to my introverted, very private nature. Past neighbors have taught me that blood relatives are not the only kind of family you can have. They also helped me with the way I now approach my education and imagination.
While there are some fundamental personality traits I believe I was born with, these traits have been enhanced and developed because of the people I interacted with. My parents instilled core values and helped support them by being positive role models. My friends are responsible for many of my experiences, passions, and developed opinions. People I frequently saw, or those who left an impressionable impact, accentuated the person I am in a variety of ways, from my approach to love to education. Those who are in my life are those who make me who I am.
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Yeah, you were right, I...
(You changed the comment box! Nice! Lol.)
did find this interesting.
Not like I thought I wouldn't, but still.
Nice to have it confirmed.
I can't find it possible to disagree with your analysis without knowing every second of your life perfectly, so, yeah!
Even then, it's extremely likely you're 100% right, so, good job.
"Back in the day, I had to convince myself that you would never love me so that I could pretend that I didn't like you."
I really feel like we did the same thing, though mine was far from intentional.
"I slipped way too much. Sometimes I thought I was so blatantly obvious that I was afraid I was doomed for accusation & then rejection."
Lol, I remember seeing a lot of little things but I never had any _proof_ you know? In middle August I was fairly convinced, but I still had no more than a whole bunch of maybes. Lol, man, what a trip that was.
Thought it would ruin our friendship if you knew I liked you and you didn't like me back."
I would never allow that.
Then again, that's me speaking as I am, not as someone who doesn't, so, I can't say much.
"lol, when you did know that I liked you, I started to make xanga entries with all sorts of invisible comments by using html."
I remember you doing that a bit before too, I think, and I looked at one and it was really innocuous. I thought nothing more than "cool idea." Never though to keep looking, or ever doing it myself. It's a brilliant idea, I just didn't expect you to be so sneaky.
"realize just how much i liked you. missed you."
I was aware after, I just couldn't believe it. Just goes to show what good proof did for me, lol.
"Remember the times I went on and on about how similar we are and how unhappy that made me?
I didn't want the only person I've ever felt so connected with to not love me back."
So that was why... I see. Man, I was very much in the opinion that you didn't like me much at all as a person (though you did like me as a friend) and that we were similar made you closer to parts of me you didn't like and you were not ok with that.
Which made minimal sense but it was the best I could come up with, so I kept it.
"which absurdity are you referring to?"
I was specifically talking about you and I in your auto when, as you put it "things changed."
I just find it ridiculous, as a whole.
I think if I were to have seen it in a movie I'd have laughed quite hard.
"When I think I cannot love you any more than I do at a single moment, I prove myself wrong."
I regret to inform you that you are not alone in that.
-Jessy"
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