Absolutely! Starting with my father--I am grateful and impressed with how patient and kind he has always been with me (this is not easy because I was a hyperactive and rebellious child. ) I have tried to imitate some of his good traits, suceeding somewhat, and now realizing I adopted both good and bad traits. Of course, some of my traits are completely my own--they are the unique temperament I was born with.

There were/are some family members, high school/college friends, coworkers and supervisors which I admired. They were the ones I spent time with or sought advice from. When you spend a lot of time with a friend you admire--you start adopting some of their phrases and philosophy. When you admire, like and/or love someone--you are more open to considering and adopting parts of their point of view.

Is it healthy? I don't worry about whether it is healthy or not. I just enjoy getting to know people and noticing things about them that I admire then considering their unique POVs. We can learn so much from others including people on PC. We're never going to be exactly like people we admire and spend time with--I think it is more like we adopt our own version of their influences.