Website owner: James Miller
Associated with each of us is a set of personal circumstances.
It plays a big part in the image we have of ourselves, in how
we think and feel and view the world.
Elements of one's personal circumstances.
- security in the form of wealth (Do you have the
security of some amount of wealth? Or are you
penniless?)
- land in which you live (Do you live in a land of wealth
and economic opportunity such as the USA or do you live
in some poor, poverty-stricken country with little
economic opportunity?)
- color of your skin (Are you black, white or oriental?
Are you a member of a minority group that suffers
discrimination because of the color of their skin?)
- your sex (Are you male or female?)
- religion (Jewish, Christian, Moslem, Hindu, etc.)
- mental abilities (What are your abilities, talents,
inabilities, weaknesses, defects, etc.?)
- health (good health, bad health, ailments, etc.)
- profession (i.e. scientist, lawyer, doctor, teacher,
farmer, salesman, secretary, construction worker, garbage
collector, factory worker, etc.)
- level of education (Have you a college degree? A high
school diploma? Or are you, perhaps, illiterate with no
education?)
- marital status (Are you single or married?)
- children (Do you have any children? How many?)
- personal appearance (Are you good looking? Attractive to
the opposite sex? Or are you, perhaps, ugly, deformed
and repulsive to other people?)
- habits (Do you have good, constructive habits? Or do you
have habits that pull you down?)
- personality (Do you have an agreeable, pleasant
personality? Or a disagreeable, obnoxious one?)
- extent of knowledge and understanding (Do you have a
broad and extensive knowledge and understanding of life,
yourself, and other people? Or is your knowledge and
understanding very narrow, superficial and limited?)
Aug 1992
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