Thomas Agrusti
Life
February 27, 2012
Myself
How do I
define myself?
Well I
once did it by listing variables in paragraph form, the context being after an
Anti-bullying seminar and me pondering my decision to become a clinical
psychologist.
“I am a 6 foot tall, blond haired, blue eyed, arian man,
with a 3.8 GPA, a steady job, college credit, a healthy relationship with
brother and parents, no known mental or physical disability, a healthy group of
friends, and a self-respecting lifestyle, wth ambition to continue and improve.
How then am I supposed to empathize and talk to people who have been crushed,
beaten, and tortured by themselves and the world around that that I have never
known?
Never
have I been the subject of a religious, sexual, racial, or any other type of
bullying, harassment, or mistreatment.
I am a
proud Heterosexual member of the Christian reformed church. How can I even
treat a person who has faced all this and more?”
How
would I define myself Philosophically?
Well, one
could look through my vast number of quotes, penned and typed across my
deviantart, my little blue book, and my blog. Some include:
“I am
mine own to judge”
“Life
is an adventure; Live it up!” this is evolved into the modern version of, “I
don’t believe in the Buddhist idea that all life is suffering. Life’s a
vacation. If I’m going to be here for a hundred years, I might as well enjoy
it!”
“The
joy of being an existentialist is that every question results in a subjective
answer, nothing is absolute. As such, you never end with a concrete, conclusive
answer. Thusly, you always get the chance to ponder and change, grow and live,
create and become. I don’t really need answers that are absolute and can’t be
questioned. In fact, if I had answers, then I wouldn’t have so many
wonderful questions to have fun with all
day.”
Thusly,
I am a man of my own lifestyle. I believe heavily in the following theories:
The Value
of Opinion – That every human being has the ability to justify their own state
of mind, lifestyle, ideas, and philosophical pursuits, due to the primary fact
that they are all crafted by human thought, outside the realms of ethical,
moral, or religious subjugation.
The
Alpha theory – the belief in becoming the best that a person can be, involving
the crafting of a perfect lifestyle with a fine tuned balance of comfort,
relaxation, and productivity
Morality
– Any action that brings happiness to one’s life is morally correct, as long as
it does not, in turn, deny themselves of happiness, or deny any other person
their unalienable right to happiness.
Thusly, I craft who I am. Just because I’m an existentialist
does mean I have to live, speak and act as an existentialist does. It is my
actions that are existentialist in nature. I believe in self-actualization, I
believe in the power of God and Love, and I believe that happiness is the true
key to optimal living.
Thusly,
I am myself.
P.S. Yes, this is, in fact, as the title would proclaim, a
summarization of myself and my principles, as asked for in my Ethical-well
being course.
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