December 5, 2008

  • Interesting Exercise

    My coworker got me to do this very interesting exercise.  She asked me to name five qualities I'd like my (future) children to have.  I came up with the following:

    1. Character: knows to do the right thing when situation hits
    2. Loyalty: someone who has your back when shit hits the fan
    3. Dedicated to work given no matter how tedious or stupid the work is
    4. Tell the truth with love: constructive criticism, not personal attacks
    5. Curiosity like an 8 year old: intelligence is useless without the desire to learn and discover

    When I asked her about the next step, she said that's it...those are the things you look for in a mate.

    Really?  But come to think of it, I do gravitate toward members of the opposite sex with those traits.  Whether or not there's more to the story after gravitation, well, that's another story.