To be or not to be?

[vmcutshall]

This is an age old question, I know but I had a person give me this question in a group I attended today. I was just wandering what some of your answers would be.
I wrote that I like being just me and that I would like to continue to be me. My life is far from perfect, but Who would we be if we were not  ourselves.

[ShadeTree]

I haven't been asked this question in a long time. This is the way I look at it: the question isn't whether or not "to be" because everyone will always "be", doesn't matter what that "be" is. The question is instead, for me, "How to be".

[sherryinutah]

To be or not to be....

means that I am free to be myself.  When I was younger I didn't feel free to be who I am.  I felt I had to meet the expectations of others.  Now I am who I am and even if I'm not perfect....

I'm perfect enough with the option of growing and learning in my life time.

 

[BaudLight]

I never really understood that particular passage from Shakespeare, even though it is so often quoted.  I always assumed it meant simply to keep living, or just go ahead and die.