Proust Questionnaire: Brynn's answers

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On Wed, 01 Feb 17 22:37:03 UTC Brynn answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To have the ability to be successful but lack the opportunity
Where would you like to live?: A small town in close proximity to a big city
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To be emotionally secure and feel in control of my life
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Gossip
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: People who take on social issues and never compromise their own moral codes
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Regular people who took a stand during the Holocaust or who risked their own safety to ensure the safety of others
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Mothers who acknowledge that they don't have it all together
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Scout Finch
Your favorite painter?: Edward Hopper
Your favorite musician?: Sidewalk Prophets
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligence
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Authenticity
Your favorite virtue?: Compassion
Your favorite occupation?: Teaching, Photography,
Who would you have liked to be?: Someone better
Your most marked characteristic?: Being a support for others and offering sound, objective advice
What do you most value in your friends?: Their ability to accept me as I am
What is your principle defect?: Criticism can consume me and I dwell on it
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To lose my independence
What would you like to be?: Wealthy enough to help others in a significant way on a regular basis. How fun would it be to throw money at someone's physical problem so they could focus on emotional betterment?
What is your favorite color?: Gray
What is your favorite flower?: Hydrangeas
What is your favorite bird?: Sparrow
Who are your favorite prose writers?: John Updike
Who are your favorite poets?: Emily Dickinson
Who are your heroes in real life?: People who make sacrifices for the greater good--police officers, military servicemen and women, missionaries, teachers, pastors...
What are your favorite names?: The names of my children
What is it you most dislike?: Anxiety, fear of failure
What historical figures do you most despise?: Leaders who target specific ethnic or religious groups
What event in military history do you most admire?: Liberation of concentration camps
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Beauty, confidence
How would you like to die?: Appreciated and remembered for being compassionate and making a difference to someone else
What is your present state of mind?: Hopeful
What is your motto?: Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. -Mother Teresa

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