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Position:Home>Philosophy> What part of yourself would you be willing to sacrifice just to prove you'reQuestion: What part of yourself would you be willing to sacrifice just to prove you're nobler that those around you!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I don't know!. To know what I have to give up before hand is some what premeditated!. Unless !.!.!.!. we are talking about externals: AM I willing to ride a bike rather than drive my car, sometimes !.!.!.!. I live about 10 miles away from any store in the boondocks!. But I am trying to make sure I have a complete list of what I need when I go into town so I am not driving those ten miles to go pick up lettuce, milk, salt etc!. Am I willing to go out everyday and water my garden, pick off bugs and what not, yes !.!.!.!. I am trying!. Am I willing to give up the toxic house hold cleaners!? I wasn't until I found some that actually worked!. That took about 3 years!. Am I willing to pay for my children to go to private school, even if it means I have to clean the school to pay for it!. So that they could get a better education: Yes!. Am I willing to sacrifice my time with my family to go out to community events and weigh in on what and how I think our community should be !.!.!.!. sadly no!. Do any of prove that I am trying to be more noble than others!? I don't know!. Trying to prove it defeats the purpose of being noble!. The key word here is BE!. Noble doesn't stem from an external action, it is from an internal being!. cheersWww@QuestionHome@Com Nothing would be worthy of sacrifice for the sake of proving anything to anyone!. It totally diminishes the concept of sincere sacrifice with the ulterior agenda!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Nothing!. I've spent the better part of the last ten years sacrificing too much of myself already!. I'm gaining those parts back, and I'm being careful that I won't do it ever again!.Www@QuestionHome@Com my life, because it would give me a good and active death, and i know that i must die some time, so why not doing something good !?Www@QuestionHome@Com The most rewarding thing would be to sacrifice everything!.!.!. lose your life to find it!. It's the great mystical anthem!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The part of me that finds the need to answer unanswerable (philosophical) questions!.Www@QuestionHome@Com If you give up something as a sacrifice merely to prove a point, then your act is no longer noble!.Www@QuestionHome@Com That has no sense, you don`t sacrifice to be seen or to lead others to think you`re better than others!.Www@QuestionHome@Com No, dear lady, not that part -please, I beg of you! Please let me keep my ignoble part, I don't need to prove anything!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I can honestly say I have no desire at all to do this so I guess the answer has to be nothing!Www@QuestionHome@Com !.!.!.this would not be an act of nobility, but a ploy for selfish gain!.!.!.it's not even in the runningWww@QuestionHome@Com I would give up my right little pinkie!.lolWww@QuestionHome@Com my pride!. have done it a lotWww@QuestionHome@Com |