Poll | 06/17/2008 12:00 am

Which would you rather be?

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Health. After living with a chronic illness for 20 years, I am thankful each day for being alive, for living long enough to see my daugher start college, and to have had the energy to have a somewhat normal life at times. As I age and it becomes more difficult to fight the bad days, I understand how a strong, healthy body and mind surpasses any need for beauty or riches. To have the luxury of even thinking of beauty or money, as opposed to how I will physically get through the day, seems like an amazing gift given to so few in the world when you really think about it globally.

By G V on 06/17/2008 11:29 pm

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I have been all of these things at different times in my life, and I still am all of them, regardless of what you see when you look at me. Creative, kind, funny, generous, and always seeking. Those things have been far more important to a self-actualized life that I’m peaceful with.

By Mugsy Peabody on 06/18/2008 12:36 am

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Schedule of Wants and Desires in My Life: Age 6 through 12 = To have boobs Age 12 through 18 = To have a boyfriend Age 18 through 25 = To have children and get through college Age 25 through 50 = To get promotions and make big money Age 50 through current = To stay healthy enough to stay alive Age 55 through current = To have enough money until old enough to draw my retirement pension Today: to win the state lottery and look in the mirror and not see any additional wrinkles. (Might as well go for the impossible!) And, to keep my positive attitude through the worst times.

By doll lady on 06/18/2008 8:59 am

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A positive attitude will help in the looks department, too. Jane

By Jane Wagner on 06/18/2008 11:42 pm

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A mind is a terrible thing to waste on beauty or riches… With my high intelligence, I have a better chance at earning a six figure salary to pay for a complete beauty makeover.

By Lena B on 06/18/2008 9:08 pm

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Good answer, Lena! Love Jane Wagner

By Jane Wagner on 06/18/2008 11:40 pm

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I would like to have unshakable self-confidence. I have know not-so-pretty, not-so-brilliant, penny-poor people succeed in the most adverse conditions through believing in themselves and their abilities.

By Chef Zee on 06/19/2008 12:43 pm

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Sorry for the typo; that should have been: I have known…

By Chef Zee on 06/19/2008 12:45 pm

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But does it make you a better person? Does it make the world a better place? Will anyone mourn you when you pass? Intelligence and money should only be tools, not the reason.

By Ellen Lincourt on 06/21/2008 9:42 pm

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With intelligence all the other categories become possibilities!

By Pamela Munro on 06/19/2008 6:34 pm

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Beauty fades, money gets spent, but smarts … they stay with you forever!

By Rita T on 06/19/2008 6:53 pm

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I’ve read many meaningful comments regarding … health, confidence, creativity, etc. I would to like to continue on my journey of finding my own optimism, enhance my empathy, and kindness and, through using these qualities, help others find what they need in their own journey.

By Doni Lee on 06/20/2008 11:08 pm

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I would rather be kind. There is a great shortage of kindness in the world. It’s a highly underrated attribute.

By Ellen Lincourt on 06/20/2008 11:20 pm

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Clique One to review your message…Clique Two to leave a callback number…Clique Three to send a fax….Oh sorry, I seem to have this confused with the BuzzUp thread….Well, just for a second here, the BuzzUp….I see stuff everyday on cable that warrants my coming up out of my chair to ask “Why aren’t you looking at what WOW is saying about this/that?”…..Especially given all the hoorah about the candidates’ wives… Back to I’d rather be….My granddaughters, 6 and 7, have been full-tilt boogie on the Disney games and Free Rice for four days straight so I’m just trying to catch up on what be happening now…Day late,etc… About “kind”….That seems to be right up there with tolerant, compassionate, civilized (whatever that means) ….you can’t “legislate” thoughtfulness, concern, consideration… I live in a rural area where all the Main Street merchants in the nearest town have gone belly up in the face of the Wal-Mart onslaught…a mega-store that serves three counties…so there is a huge complement of “the demographic” (more about this puzzling phrase later) in the aisles of this establishment where I wish never to put dollars but do in the loathesome trade-off because of the cost of gasoline, etc…my bad…So one of the ways I justify being in there is to do what I call the Wal-Mart ministry….this is not anything churchy or preachy-teachy…It boils down to speaking to a small child whose small child mom is frazzed beyond belief and threatening to hit the kid in front of god and everybody…or just trading carts for a minute so that everybody can get a grip…It just breaks my heart…So, yeah, kind helps…and I am overwhelmed with the reports from Ms. Judd, et. al..I have to content myself with tiny moments “bearing witness”… Haven’t “seen” you in the line-up before, Ellen, Maybe I’ve not been paying close enough attention.. Okey Dokey..about “The demographic”: I’ve caught this phrase a couple of times reading through the “Clique on Thread”…Please somebody ‘splain this to me….what/who/whazza a “demographic” as it might relate to this site? Aren’t we all..each/severally/many/some,etc…a demographic? Each her own, really? ‘Splain this to me……

By georgia fatwood on 06/21/2008 4:01 pm

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I want to be my true self because she is all of this things, rich, beautiful, smart and so much more. To just be as God intended for me to be. I have a saying ” To be your true self, you glow like no other.” If more of us would just be who we truly are then we would never even worry about being beautiful, smart, rich because we are all those things. much love CarolGuy, Denver

By Carol Guy on 06/22/2008 1:10 pm