Personality begins where comparison ends
Personality begins where comparison ends
I do not believe people are unique in character, but only in how they choose to express their character.
This is seen because we are able to pinpoint and categorise people based on character traits. This person is kind, that person is funny, she is very rude, he is very selfish...it can go on and on, and of course there is overlap. However, the funny thing is that in how someone goes about expressing their kindness, humour, rudeness, or selfishness...it will always be open to interpretation by the one placing these judgements upon that person. Kindness to you may be defined as something different than kindness to me, and the same goes for all other human characteristics. How our life experiences have shaped us allows us the degree of severity in our judgements of others, and vice versa. Someone who expresses kindness to you may not be so kind to another person.
I do not think parts of my personality are solely mine. They are mine because I possess them, sure we can take that argumentative route. But I'm not the only person who exhibits my personality traits. I think that I have a great sense of humour, but there's millions of others in the world who have a great sense of humour too. I believe I am a committed individual, but I've come across others who are staunchly committed to their engagements as well. I think I am a studious person, a responsible person, a kind person, blah blah blah...but so many people are like me, too.
I think personality is a bit hard to concretely define, but maybe the answer lies in the combination of personality traits one possesses.
Everyone at some point in their lives struggle with comparison: they compare themselves to others and obsess over certain qualities they may have that you want in life. This is why we try so hard to be like others: they have something that we want. However, at some point you have to look at yourself in the open and realise that that's not you: only then do you have personality.
I do not believe people are unique in character, but only in how they choose to express their character.
This is seen because we are able to pinpoint and categorise people based on character traits. This person is kind, that person is funny, she is very rude, he is very selfish...it can go on and on, and of course there is overlap. However, the funny thing is that in how someone goes about expressing their kindness, humour, rudeness, or selfishness...it will always be open to interpretation by the one placing these judgements upon that person. Kindness to you may be defined as something different than kindness to me, and the same goes for all other human characteristics. How our life experiences have shaped us allows us the degree of severity in our judgements of others, and vice versa. Someone who expresses kindness to you may not be so kind to another person.
I do not think parts of my personality are solely mine. They are mine because I possess them, sure we can take that argumentative route. But I'm not the only person who exhibits my personality traits. I think that I have a great sense of humour, but there's millions of others in the world who have a great sense of humour too. I believe I am a committed individual, but I've come across others who are staunchly committed to their engagements as well. I think I am a studious person, a responsible person, a kind person, blah blah blah...but so many people are like me, too.
I think personality is a bit hard to concretely define, but maybe the answer lies in the combination of personality traits one possesses.
Everyone at some point in their lives struggle with comparison: they compare themselves to others and obsess over certain qualities they may have that you want in life. This is why we try so hard to be like others: they have something that we want. However, at some point you have to look at yourself in the open and realise that that's not you: only then do you have personality.
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