365 Thought Provoking Questions to Ask Yourself - Part 7 (81 - 90)

[Jay]

365 Thought Provoking Questions to Ask Yourself - Part 7 (81 - 90)

Taken from http://www.marcandangel.com/

Question 81 - 90

81. What are you glad you let go of?
82. Do you own your things or do your things own you?
83. Would you rather lose all of your old memories or never be able to make new ones?
84. How do you deal with someone in a position of power who wants you to fail?
85. What do you have that you cannot live without?
86. When you close your eyes what do you see?
87. What sustains you on a daily basis?
88. What are your top five personal values?
89. Why must you love someone enough to let them go?
90. What's the number one ingredient of a healthy relationship?

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Previous Questions:

Part 1 (01 - 30)

http://gayspeak.com/showthread.php?p=152526#post152526

Part 2 (31 - 40)

http://gayspeak.com/showthread.php?t=19140

Part 3 (41 - 50)

http://gayspeak.com/showthread.php?t=19175

Part 4 (51-60)

http://gayspeak.com/showthread.php?t=19207

Part 5 (61-70)

http://gayspeak.com/showthread.php?t=19223

Part 6 (71-80)

http://gayspeak.com/showthread.php?t=19231

[LateBloomer]

81. What are you glad you let go of?

The resentment I felt towards my father.

82. Do you own your things or do your things own you?

Great question.
I feel like my biggest thing, my house, owns me.

83. Would you rather lose all of your old memories or never be able to make new ones?

This is an impossible question. Our memories, for the most part, define who we are.

84. How do you deal with someone in a position of power who wants you to fail?

Depends how confident I am. If I think I'm unlikely to succeed then I'll just quit and rob him of the satisfaction of watching me struggle. But if I think I can succeed, then I'll give it my all to prove him wrong.

85. What do you have that you cannot live without?

I don't need much, I can't think of anything I couldn't live without.

86. When you close your eyes what do you see?

Not much, it's as dark as a coal miner's ass.

87. What sustains you on a daily basis?

The idea that every day is a rebirth.

88. What are your top five personal values?

Honesty
Integrity
Diligence
Respect
Fairness

89. Why must you love someone enough to let them go?

Since it selfish to hold on, to let someone go must be the ultimate act of *selflessness*; that is to say, you put their interests ahead of your own.

90. What's the number one ingredient of a healthy relationship?

The ability to say, I was wrong, and I'm sorry.

[East]

81. What are you glad you let go of?

My parents

82. Do you own your things or do your things own you?

I'd love to say that I own my things BUT I am a collector and I have alot of collections that I love....and they own me

84. How do you deal with someone in a position of power who wants you to fail?

I would look them in the eye and confront them and demand to know why they wish for me to fail...I would either resolve it immediately or swiftly remove myself from the situation.

85. What do you have that you cannot live without?
[COLOR="red"]
My lover...I am pretty sure if he died I would die right afterward. When I hear those stories of a couple that was really close dying right after the other I "get it" and totally relate to them. I understand why they died. [/COLOR]

86. When you close your eyes what do you see?

Nothing...it is dark

87. What sustains you on a daily basis?
[COLOR="red"]
Food, Water, Rest, Exercise, Health...and Hope[/COLOR]

88. What are your top five personal values?

[COLOR="red"]Being True to Myself
Integrity
Individuality
Honesty
Equality[/COLOR]

89. Why must you love someone enough to let them go?

Because when they return you know they truly love you....and when you can let them go you know you truly love them

90. What's the number one ingredient of a healthy relationship?

The ability to love yourself allows you the ability to love someone else. If you do not accomplish self love or at least have a desire to do so you might end up in a toxic situation.

[Jay]

81. What are you glad you let go of?

My past life as a morbid obese lad. I'm happy and thankful to be who I am today.

82. Do you own your things or do your things own you?

My parents particularly my dad always reminds me - Only purchase things that you can afford. Measure your financial health. Cash should be your main priority. Use less credit card.

I have a credit card. I use my credit card mainly for three things.

• Iphone instalment plan (I'm paying for Iphone that I no longer have. Stolen. My stupidity. Lesson learned. Bought second one via cash.).
  
• Insurance
  
• Child sponsorship (Charity stuff)
  

I pay cash for the rest of stuff. Bills. Rent. Previous surgery and upcoming surgeries. Etc.

So I own my things. So far.

83. Would you rather lose all of your old memories or never be able to make new ones?

I rather lose my old memories. I have had enough time to cherish the past. I should give a chance to the future.

84. How do you deal with someone in a position of power who wants you to fail?

My friend once advised me. The best revenge is to ignore any bastard that ridicules you. Just continue with your life happily ever after. Let him do his things. I'll do mine. Separately. Karma will catch him.

85. What do you have that you cannot live without?

My second gen Ipod Touch, which I bought in early 2010. I use my Ipod Touch almost 24/7. Life without music is kind of bland. Funny thing is a lot of people mistaken it as an Iphone.

86. When you close your eyes what do you see?

I like to imagine things when I close my eyes.

87. What sustains you on a daily basis?

• My curiosity on what the future holds for me.
  
• My morning run. I feel energetic and full with positiveness after my run.
  
• Responsibility to be a person.
  

88. What are your top five personal values?

• Honesty
  
• Patience
  
• Integrity
  
• Equality
  
• Self respect
  

89. Why must you love someone enough to let them go?

When I can't reach people that I love with my arms. I always reach and hug them via thoughts of love and prayers.

90. What's the number one ingredient of a healthy relationship?

Honesty.

[Rawr]

I'll have to catch up with these and save them in a word document. I think it would be qutie cool to answer them all now and them all again in five years to see how my view of life has changed. Just got to remember to do it in five years.

[Zet]

81. What are you glad you let go of?
My early teen "Friends"

82. Do you own your things or do your things own you?
Frankly most things I posses is my own... As I fear to be in debt. But I am neither saying I own much, I am still living at home

83. Would you rather lose all of your old memories or never be able to make new ones?
Loose my old ones, so I could finally leave my past behind.

84. How do you deal with someone in a position of power who wants you to fail?
Trying my best to prove him wrong and show my self successful even tough I might had done wrong.

85. What do you have that you cannot live without?
Food, water and air. Other ways my brother, my mother, my father, my family.

86. When you close your eyes what do you see?
An alternative reality.

87. What sustains you on a daily basis?
My dreams.

88. What are your top five personal values?

Loyalty
Sincerity
Individuality
Bravery
Kindness
Righteousness

89. Why must you love someone enough to let them go?
As said it would only be selfish forcefully hold on to someone.

90. What's the number one ingredient of a healthy relationship?
Respect and Love.

[Person66]

81. What are you glad you let go of?
My childhood (up till 14-15)
82. Do you own your things or do your things own you?
I own them
83. Would you rather lose all of your old memories or never be able to make new ones?
Impossible question, I like LateBloomer's answer it reminds me of something Stephen Hawking said "we are our memories"- paraphrased
84. How do you deal with someone in a position of power who wants you to fail?
Attack their power base
85. What do you have that you cannot live without?
My cell phone
86. When you close your eyes what do you see?
Darkness with blotches of color
87. What sustains you on a daily basis?
My loved ones and humour
88. What are your top five personal values?
-loyalty
-kindness
-generosity
-ability to stand up (fight for) myself
-integrity
89. Why must you love someone enough to let them go?
Never understood this saying, think it only applies to certain relationships like children
90. What's the number one ingredient of a healthy relationship?
Love

[CellarDweller]

81. What are you glad you let go of?

I'm glad I let of of the anger at the world, it was toxic and making me a very unpleasant person to be around.

82. Do you own your things or do your things own you?

I own my things.

83. Would you rather lose all of your old memories or never be able to make new ones?

Oh that's hard, but I think I'd rather make new ones. Things have only been improving for me, and to not make memories means you're no longer living.

84. How do you deal with someone in a position of power who wants you to fail?

Ignore them.

85. What do you have that you cannot live without?

My internet connection. LOL

86. When you close your eyes what do you see?

I see hope for a happy future.

87. What sustains you on a daily basis?

One never knows what tomorrow brings. The best adventure could happen that day.

88. What are your top five personal values?

Honesty, kindness, selflessness, loving, intelligence

89. Why must you love someone enough to let them go?

If you hold onto someone too tightly, you are really only smoothering them.

90. What's the number one ingredient of a healthy relationship?

Mutual respect.