VB – Proust Questions Answered

Thank you David Kanigan at Live and Learn for posting your answers to this Proust Questionnaire. It was such an inspiration! I couldn’t resist joining in the soul bearing.

• What is your current state of mind? –  Curious
• What is your favorite journey? – Inwards on my yoga mat
• What is your idea of perfect happiness? – Letting go and being held in love
• What is your greatest fear? – Overwhelming Violence and Cruelty that can’t be stopped
• What is your most marked characteristic? –  Being grounded
• What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? – Being quick to judge
• What is the trait you most deplore in others? – Cruelty to animals
• What is your greatest extravagance? – Eating out – especially traveling to Italy to eat out
• What do you consider the most overrated virtue?- Godliness 
• On what occasion do you lie?- By omission … to avoid conflict
• Dislike most about your appearance? – The jiggly bits
• Which living person do you most despise? – I don’t despise, but I do deplore DJT
• Which words or phrases do you most overuse? – really? (really).
• What is your greatest regret? Not going to art school
• What or who is the greatest love of your life? My husband – the other DJT whom I adore
• When and where were you happiest? – Falling in love. Something I try to repeat with each day.
• Which talent would you most like to have? – Remembering numbers
• If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Be less judgmental
• If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be? Be less judgmental
• What do you consider your greatest achievement? – Opening my heart to love life and others. (Still a work in progress).
• What is your most treasured possession? – Empathy for others
• What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? – Believing one is unloved
• Where would you like to live? – By the sea 
• What is your favorite occupation? Teacher and Mentor. 
• What is the quality you most like in a man? Humor and a big heart
• What is the quality you most like in a woman?  Humor and a big heart
• What do you most value in your friends? Humor and a big heart
• Who are your favorite writers?  Jane Austin, Stephen Donaldson, Richard Adams, Tolkien, Ray Bradbury, Peter May, Mooji, Adyashanti, Lao Tzo, Mary Oliver, Danna Faulds. 
• Who is your favorite hero of fiction? – Thomas Covenant
• What is it that you most dislike? – Injustice. Sriracha. One burns my heart, the other my mouth.
• Who are your heroes in real life? – People who overcome personal challenges and then give back to support and heal others
• How would you like to die? Being at peace
• If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be? – An oak tree
• What is your motto? Find Your Middle Ground. Really!