The question
How would you sum yourself up in three words?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Kind, insubstantial and dedicated.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2024 source ↗
The three things I strive for are authenticity, presence and empathy. You’d have to ask my loved ones if I’m pulling them off.
Loving, sincere, honest.
Slow but trying.
Fiercely loyal, funny, easy-going. I’m sure my daughter and stepdaughters wouldn’t agree with the last bit, but I think I am.
A comedian, and I may have achieved that.
As someone who added to a situation rather than took away from it.
A few haircuts.
That I never became a virtuoso musician.
It feels like somebody giving you the keys to unlocking who you really are.
Gabor Maté. He is very eloquent and articulate about the role of trauma in our lives.
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