Envy

koan · 08-20-2006, 08:21 PM

Is there anyone else you would rather be than yourself?

Rain · 08-20-2006, 09:18 PM

No. But I'd like to be a Younger version of myself. Say by dropping 25 years? Oh Yeah!

Marie5656 · 08-21-2006, 10:42 AM

I sometimes have felt I was a girraffe trapped in a woman's body.

CheshireCat · 08-21-2006, 10:54 AM

I would never be anything but me, even if i were someone else!

minks · 08-21-2006, 11:03 AM

Only if I could have been Bill Gates

Ok NO I am perfectly fine being me.

woppy71 · 08-21-2006, 11:09 AM

Depends in what context you mean the question to be taken in. For example, if you mean "would I like to be somone else if I was in serious trouble", then I suppose the answer would be yes. If it were taken in the context of aspiring to be like someone else, then no. That is, "I aspire to behave or have the skills of someone else", but not to be that person, warts and all.

I hope that makes sense, I've just gotten up

laneybug · 04-24-2007, 04:55 PM

Wanting to be someone other than myself is a waste of time, and I could be using that time to make who I am a better person and more agreeable to myself.

I like me anyway, regardless of my imperfections, and being anyone but myself would be like wearing a suit that didn't fit, no matter how good it looked on someone else.

RedGlitter · 04-24-2007, 09:18 PM

No. I only know how to be myself and that's all I'm interested in. Sometimes I know I'm not the best self I could be and sometime my feathers get ruffled if I think someone's cooler than I am but part of being cool is knowing you really aren't all that. So I just remember that part. I can only be me. And I do that pretty well.

Punk_Grunge · 06-29-2007, 03:50 PM

Anyone that has seen my idols.

06-29-2007, 04:04 PM

No. I love being me, faults and all!
I know I'm nasty sometimes, I know I can be a total bitch. Those things come in handy sometimes though. No-one tries to take advantage anymore, because they don't want to deal with the resulting hassle. Even my friends at work have started getting a better deal when leadership team sees me talking to them, as they know they'll ask me for advice...hehehehe.
So, my 'bad side' does have positive benefits to others sometimes!

Lots of other people have had it much easier than me, are better looking than me, earn more than me. Do I care? No. I've learnt to like me the way I am, warts and all.

View Poll Results: Would you rather be someone else?
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Occasionally	6	17.65%
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08-20-2006, 08:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
koan anomaly Supporting Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 12,650	Envy Is there anyone else you would rather be than yourself? __________________ Having the right to an opinion does not make your opinion right.
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08-20-2006, 09:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rain Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,775	Re: Envy No. But I'd like to be a Younger version of myself. Say by dropping 25 years? Oh Yeah!
Local Time: 09:31 AM Local Date: 11-19-2008

08-21-2006, 10:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
Marie5656 What? Me worry? Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 6,694	Re: Envy I sometimes have felt I was a girraffe trapped in a woman's body. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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08-21-2006, 10:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
CheshireCat Senior Member Supporting Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,503	Re: Envy I would never be anything but me, even if i were someone else! __________________ "My body is the earth but my head is in the stars." God Bless BR!!!
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08-21-2006, 11:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
minks superstar Supporting Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: igloo apparently Posts: 23,433	Re: Envy Only if I could have been Bill Gates Ok NO I am perfectly fine being me. __________________ “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” Dr. Seuss
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08-21-2006, 11:09 AM	#6 (permalink)
woppy71 One step at a time... Supporting Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England, County of Kent Posts: 5,150	Re: Envy Depends in what context you mean the question to be taken in. For example, if you mean "would I like to be somone else if I was in serious trouble", then I suppose the answer would be yes. If it were taken in the context of aspiring to be like someone else, then no. That is, "I aspire to behave or have the skills of someone else", but not to be that person, warts and all. I hope that makes sense, I've just gotten up __________________ Behaviour breeds behaviour - treat people how you would like to be treated yourself http://www.woppysworld.co.uk
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04-24-2007, 04:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
laneybug Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: small town by the coast Posts: 621	Re: Envy Wanting to be someone other than myself is a waste of time, and I could be using that time to make who I am a better person and more agreeable to myself. I like me anyway, regardless of my imperfections, and being anyone but myself would be like wearing a suit that didn't fit, no matter how good it looked on someone else.
Local Time: 11:31 AM Local Date: 11-19-2008

04-24-2007, 09:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
RedGlitter hubcap diamond star halo Supporting Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In the middle of the Arizona desert Posts: 15,780	Re: Envy No. I only know how to be myself and that's all I'm interested in. Sometimes I know I'm not the best self I could be and sometime my feathers get ruffled if I think someone's cooler than I am but part of being cool is knowing you really aren't all that. So I just remember that part. I can only be me. And I do that pretty well. __________________
Local Time: 09:31 AM Local Date: 11-19-2008

06-29-2007, 03:50 PM	#9 (permalink)
Punk_Grunge Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 58	Re: Envy Anyone that has seen my idols. __________________ Peace, Love, Empathy... <3
Local Time: 04:31 PM Local Date: 11-19-2008

06-29-2007, 04:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
Pinky Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Envy No. I love being me, faults and all! I know I'm nasty sometimes, I know I can be a total bitch. Those things come in handy sometimes though. No-one tries to take advantage anymore, because they don't want to deal with the resulting hassle. Even my friends at work have started getting a better deal when leadership team sees me talking to them, as they know they'll ask me for advice...hehehehe. So, my 'bad side' does have positive benefits to others sometimes! Lots of other people have had it much easier than me, are better looking than me, earn more than me. Do I care? No. I've learnt to like me the way I am, warts and all.

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