Proust Questionnaire: kc's answers

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On Fri, 22 May 2009 15:15:05 UTC kc answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: to lose a child
Where would you like to live?: close to my children
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: to be in community
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: watching junky television
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: those who rise above their circumstances but do not forget their roots
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Dr. Seuss
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Women who have inspired me to be more than I think I can be
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Scarlett O'Hara,
Your favorite painter?: Michaelangelo
Your favorite musician?: I like too many to choose
The quality you most admire in a man?: honesty, integrity, humour
The quality you most admire in a woman?: gentleness, honesty, humour, courage
Your favorite virtue?: Selecting just one would not be virtuous
Your favorite occupation?: reading
Who would you have liked to be?: I am who I am, to dream of being anyone else would be to deny myslef and all I am capable of becoming
Your most marked characteristic?: dependability
What do you most value in your friends?: their presence in my heart when distance keeps us apart
What is your principle defect?: lack of trust
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: to never love again
What would you like to be?: remembered with affection
What is your favorite color?: depends on what colour I awake in
What is your favorite flower?: carnation--I love its simplicity and longetivity
What is your favorite bird?: the heron
Who are your favorite prose writers?: W.O. Mitchell, John Steinbeck,
Who are your favorite poets?: Maya Angelou
Who are your heroes in real life?: the men who dare to make a difference
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Mother Teresa
What are your favorite names?: Grace
What is it you most dislike?: oatmeal
What historical figures do you most despise?: Hatred is not a healthy state of mind and those who did dispicable things did not act alone
What event in military history do you most admire?: Canadian peace keeping efforts
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: the ability to dance
How would you like to die?: quickly, quiety, without fuss, admidst fond laughter and love
What is your present state of mind?: wondering whether I am being as authentic as I should be in my answers or whether I am thinking them through too much
What is your motto?: Did I make a difference in anyone's life today.

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