Can You Trust Yourself?

[Strider]

I'm sure we've all decided on things we would do. In Example:

Die for our beliefs
Ask a girl/guy out
etc.

But the truth is, can you really trust yourself to lay your head down by the gullatine? Can you really trust yourself to actually go through with it? Oh sure, we can think of what we believe we should do, but will we truely do what we want ourselves to do?

Does it just depend on the moment? Can we really not decide anything untill the last few seconds?

 

[Moss]

As much as I would like to believe I would trust myself and do the things I would say I would do, truthfully, I probably wouldn't.

So to answer your question no.

For starters I have always said I would be more social and outgoing...that hasn't happened yet. So no, I do not trust myself.

However, that does not mean that in certain situations I wouldn't do what beliefs said I would do.

 

[gael]

I don't have any beliefs worth dieing for, and alcohal helps me get sex.

If your question is about courage, I'm with the Dutch.

 

[stormbind]

Lay your head down by a gullatine? I don't know what you're thinking, but perhaps guillotine or maybe gelatine

In either event, I have faith I would tell you to get lost.

Where there is doubt, make no promises.

 

[Turner]

I trust myself in that I know how I will react in a given circumstance. Despite what I may say or believe.

 

[stratego]

Of course. If I don't trust myself, then how can I trust myself to trust anything else.

 

[Quentin]

No, but I understand myself enough that I can try to find ways around situations where I might change my mind at the last moment.

 

[Dann]

No I do not trust myself. Or anyone else for that matter. Ask a girl out? Sure no problem. Die for my beliefs? Hell no way! Manipulate some other fanatic to do that instead.

 

[~Corsair#01~]

Dying for my beliefs? That's the kind-of thing that made me decide not to have any beliefs.
Thing is, everyone is a coward. You can say you are fearless all you like but it's boasting. Anyone who has actually died in combat etc. generally did so because:
A) They had no choice
B) They were insane fanatics

I wouldn't say I trust myself, but certainly I know myself.

 

[Quentin]

Indeed one cannot be fearless, one can only control fear.
I don't think people dying in combat had no choice or were insane though. A good dose of adrenaline can cloud judgement and drive the calmess, most sane person into being seemingly insane.

 

[test_specimen]

You do things you regret all the time (at least I do), so no, I can't trust myself. But I'm OK with that.

 

[Verbose]

I've always thought that som of the most corageous people I've come across, are the once who have squared up to the fact that they have been living a lie, held the absolutely wrong convictions (repentant nazis, fascists, former hard line communists etc.), realized this and made a 180° degree turn, anaylzed where they went wrong, and are now telling people about it.

I certainly don't consider them "heroes" in any menaingful sense, but they are the ones who "had the guts to live despite the loss of their convictions". Considering where they came from and the prize for realizing how wrong they were, the easy option would have been to die for them.

I.e. I believe a lot of people dying for their convictions do so in order not to have to face how misguided they have been.
And consequently, dying for your convictions as often less of an accomplishment than changing your mind.

But of course, I'm form that old political hell-hole called Europe.

 

[ComradeDavo]

Usually If I find myself not going through with something I have always said I would do, then I force myself to do so. I always try and stick to my principles and beliefs. However they haven't really been put to the test properly yet though so I dunno.

 

[classical_hero]

i would not rust myself fully. I know that everyone should be saying this because being humans, we are flawed and will make mistakes or only profess to believe in something and really believe in the exact opposite.

 

[Hakim]

I dont' make promises to myself.

 

[Milan's Warrior]

I can trust myself on important things.
I cannot trust myself on keeping the diet in front of a chocolate cake or keeping to the plan of studying at least 8 hours today...

 

[Civrules]

I can trust myself on things that matter.

Otherwise, nope.

 

[Milan's Warrior]

Die for our beliefs
Ask a girl/guy out

It is quite interesting that you put these two together

 

[Paradigne]

It is quite interesting that you put these two together

For some it would be easier to die for our beliefs than ask a girl/guy on a date.
Death rejects no one

 

[LLXerxes]

or maybe gelatine
.

I could do that

I'm not sure really.
Suicede? Only in a bad mood. I have thought about it many times, but never actually did it. But, other stuff like asking people out and pranking people I could often do