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On Tue, 09 Feb 16 14:50:51 UTC M.Elisabeth Howell (52) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To have betrayed a friend
Where would you like to live?
At home - at home with myself, at home with my times, at home in a place of my own
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
sustainable emotional self-sufficiency, and contentment
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
my animal nature
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Bad ass educated comic book and TV heroes, current favorites Tony Stark, Dr Who, and probably Capt Picard
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Marie Curie, Dr Salk, Carl Sagan
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Gloria Steinem, Elizabeth Warren, Harriet Tubman, Georgia O'Keefe
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Wonder Woman, The Scarlet Witch, Joan Eunice Smith
Your favorite painter?
I am
Your favorite musician?
It varies with the times of my life: Puscifer, Opiuo, Tim Minchin,
The quality you most admire in a man?
Awareness
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Reason
Your favorite virtue?
Compassion
Your favorite occupation?
Meditation - or perhaps painting - no, definitely sex.
Who would you have liked to be?
The very best of who I could possibly be, with the resources available, in the context of my culture
Your most marked characteristic?
Chaos
What do you most value in your friends?
Balance
What is your principle defect?
Awareness not followed by action
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
The loss of it (my mind)
What would you like to be?
Wholly myself, wholly awake, fully aware, and entirely completely alive!
What is your favorite color?
I love color - I often live among shades of lavendar, sage, violet, and pale soft green.
What is your favorite flower?
The fragrant ones; flowers are most lovely when they can be enjoyed by many senses.
What is your favorite bird?
the ones outside my window, the ones singing their song on my walk each day
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Robert Heinlein, Oz Monroe...many others. I like words.
Who are your favorite poets?
I don't really enjoy poets. I enjoy poetry.
Who are your heroes in real life?
My romantic partner(s), my friends, and every day people doing their best.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, the Suffragettes, women fighting for freedom, for equanimity, for justice
What are your favorite names?
I don't understand this question
What is it you most dislike?
frustration
What historical figures do you most despise?
This is a cruel question - hate is very time consuming, and rarely produces a good result, and I can't ever be certain that I really understand any historical figure enough to justify hate.
What event in military history do you most admire?
Every end of any war.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
mindfulness: sustained, continuous fully present and engaged living
How would you like to die?
at the end of a very long life, lived well, loved and loving, and content with the state of my heart, soul, and the world.
What is your present state of mind?
Content
What is your motto?
"We are each having our own experience. There are verbs involved. Your results may vary."

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