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On Mon, 06 Jan 14 22:23:25 UTC Mohamjip (66) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To be raised in an alcoholic home.
Where would you like to live?
Where it is perpetually Autumn.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To be surrounded by nature, near a lake, sharing it with those I love.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Unhealthy foods.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Those who take risks and don't live their lives for others.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
The Buddha, Socrates, Gandhi
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
My grandmothers.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Those who take risks and don't live their lives for others.
Your favorite painter?
Van Eyck
Your favorite musician?
Verdi
The quality you most admire in a man?
Intelligence, respect
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Intelligence, respect
Your favorite virtue?
The Five Precepts of Buddhism
Your favorite occupation?
Reading, writing poetry
Who would you have liked to be?
I like being me.
Your most marked characteristic?
Caring
What do you most value in your friends?
Trustworthiness.
What is your principle defect?
Lazy
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Never to have learned from my mistakes.
What would you like to be?
What I am.
What is your favorite color?
Green
What is your favorite flower?
Wisteria
What is your favorite bird?
Crow
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Presently, Ruth Ozeki and Sandra Dallas
Who are your favorite poets?
Leonard Cohen, Laurie Anderson, Carl Sandberg
Who are your heroes in real life?
Doctors without Borders, anybody who works for the betterment of the treatment of animals.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Laura Secord, Mahaprajapati
What are your favorite names?
Don't have a favourite one.
What is it you most dislike?
Impatience
What historical figures do you most despise?
Too many to list.
What event in military history do you most admire?
The Christmas peace during WW1 when enemies celebrated together.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Artist.
How would you like to die?
Peacefully experiencing and watching death as it occurs.
What is your present state of mind?
Neutral
What is your motto?
With our thoughts we create the world.

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