You did not choose your:

[Texasgal]

You did not choose your:
1 birthplace
2 skin color
3 birth parents, family
4 birth gender
5 birth language
6 birth name
7 ethnicity
8 born abilities

You can choose to be:
1 kind
2 generous
3 honest
4 grateful
5 respectful
6 optimistic
7 humble
8 faithful

[trof]

1. I'll kick it.

[calimary]

2. Indeed.

To the first category, I would also add: 9 adoptive parents.

[trickyguy]

3. Amen to all of that and how about adding

sexuality or sexual preference to the list of things we don't choose.
Otherwise it's two great lists worth thinking about.

[Texasgal]

6. Good one!

I agree!

[magicarpet]

4. Nice list,

Nice add ons.
How do we teach the deplorables ...... ?
(Retorical)......

[k8conant]

5. Add birthdate to list 1...

and maybe I'll stop getting slammed for being a baby-boomer.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Never hurts to be reminded of the second list, especially when combined with the first list. . . . n

[Still In Wisconsin]

8. I sure didn't choose this NOSE...and yet there it is :)

Those are good lists. Thanks!

[potone]

9. I'd add president to the first list.

[ashling]

10. on the wall at my phsical therapist

you can only (maybe it says always, I forget) control your effort and attitude


I tell them effort I can control,

but sometimes my attitude needs an outpatient adjustment

[Upthevibe]

11. Thank you, Texasgal...

Good one....

[Lunabell]

12. I also didn't chose my sexual preference

You forgot that one.

[Tipperary]

22. It is not a preference. It is an orientation.

The rw thinks it is a preference.

[Lunabell]

28. Ok, word police, whatever it's called

It was left off the list

[Demovictory9]

13. ..

[Cha]

14. Great list..

I would add you did not choose your sexual orientation.

Mahalo, Texasgal

[KY_EnviroGuy]

15. Good lists and I would add....

You did not choose your:
9. Birth mental condition.

You can choose to be:
9. Altruistic.

Later in life, I have taken to believe that no birth condition due to genetics should be considered a defect. Humanity simply has not yet evolved enough to cope with our differences so that everyone can survive, contribute and be happy.

..............

[SergeStorms]

16. There is no word for empathy....

in the Republican lexicon. The same goes for sympathy, remorse, shame and honesty. I'm sure there are many others, but those are the ones that stick out for me at the moment.

[smirkymonkey]

17. K&R

[Raine]

18. Good list...

[FailureToCommunicate]

19. To the "choose to be" list I would add 9) Educated

As in: informed about the world, people, cultures, politics, brain surgery, etc...

[Orsino]

20. 9) president. n/t

[lark]

21. #9 - informed, eductaed.

This is critical in today's environment, you have to know the facts to discern their lies.

[neeksgeek]

23. I did not choose to be ...

born visually disabled. I'm not blind, I just have a stack of vision problems: no depth perception, one eye is paralyzed, etc.

I DID choose to learn to drive. Eventually I even got halfway decent at throwing and catching.

So I would add to the list I didn't choose to be disabled but I did choose to push myself to the limits of my abilities.

[YOHABLO]

24. I find it hard in these times to be optimistic anymore. As a life long Dem, I need encouragement

[Yavin4]

25. Your post reminds me of Mr. Rogers

A great documentary about him will be released soon.

[RockaFowler]

26. Love this

[stevenleser]

27. This is excellent. nt