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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Do You Feel Like I Do?

Okay, this is so basic. Remedial, really, or at least it should be, but it's what's on my mind, so here it is.

What makes you happy might not make me happy. What makes me happy might not make you happy. I NEED to be happy. You might feel that way too. Or maybe you don't. Maybe for you, life is all about suffering and accepting. I don't feel that way. I feel like life ought to be happy and if it isn't, it's UP TO ME to make it so.

What makes you happy might not make me happy. Not everyone gets their happy on from the same thing.

I know what makes me happy. You might not understand it, or understand why it makes me happy. You might not understand why what makes YOU happy DOESN'T make me happy. You don't have to understand it. You just have to accept it. Or go away. You choose.

That's what makes the world a beautiful place, man.

5 holla'd back:

Amy said...: Yeah! Men (and women) are that they might...get their happy on!

Assertive happiness is the BEST! I'm SOOOO inspired!; Wednesday, July 14, 2010
sandi said...: Yeah, baby! Getcha happy on!; Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Chris said...: C'est tout dire.

Hey, have you ever read this book or this one?; Sunday, July 25, 2010
sandi said...: Hi Chris! Nope, I've read neither of those books. Sadly, I'm in the middle of at least five books right now and can't seem to find the enough down time to finish even one. Between kids and the business (mostly the business....)

I miss reading. I'm going to work reading time into my days.; Sunday, July 25, 2010
Chris said...: Only five? You slacker! I started doing a thing in the last couple years where I would stack up all my "To Read" pile every so often and take a picture of it to email to people, hoping that it would help shame me into paring it down.

Needless to say, I've just learned to live with the shame. I'm still in the double-digits, and I'm always finding something new to add to the mountain. But I don't mind, it gives me a little something to always look forward to. Nice problem to have.

(I really love the Jennifer Hecht book. She would be so much fun to have a conversation with. The cerebral energy is so infectious, I almost get a caffeine buzz just from reading her. And her blog is pretty cool too.)

But yeah, good luck finding the time. If only we could get paid to sit around and read...; Sunday, July 25, 2010

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"This above all: to thine own self be true." -Wm. Shakespeare

"Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it or play with it, just pee on it and walk away." --unknown

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WHOO HOO what a ride!'" - unknown

"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it." --Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Sevens are extroverted, optimistic, versatile, and spontaneous. Playful, high-spirited, and practical, they can also misapply their many talents, becoming over- extended, scattered, and undisciplined. They constantly seek new and exciting experiences, but can become distracted and exhausted by staying on the go. They typically have problems with impatience and impulsiveness. At their Best: they focus their talents on worthwhile goals, becoming appreciative, joyous, and satisfied.

We have named this personality type The Enthusiast because Sevens are enthusiastic about almost everything that catches their attention. They approach life with curiosity, optimism, and a sense of adventure, like “kids in a candy store” who look at the world in wide-eyed, rapt anticipation of all the good things they are about to experience. They are bold and vivacious, pursuing what they want in life with a cheerful determination. They have a quality best described by the Yiddish word “chutzpah”—a kind of brash “nerviness.”

Although Sevens are in the Thinking Center, this is not immediately apparent because they tend to be extremely practical and engaged in a multitude of projects at any given time. Their thinking is anticipatory: they foresee events and generate ideas “on the fly,” favoring activities that stimulate their minds—which in turn generate more things to do and think about. Sevens are not necessarily intellectual or studious by any standard definition, although they are often intelligent and can be widely read and highly verbal. Their minds move rapidly from one idea to the next, making Sevens gifted at brainstorming and synthesizing information. Sevens are exhilarated by the rush of ideas and by the pleasure of being spontaneous, preferring broad overviews and the excitement of the initial stages of the creative process to probing a single topic in depth.

Sevens are frequently endowed with quick, agile minds, and can be exceptionally fast learners. This is true both of their ability to absorb information (language, facts, and procedures) and their ability to learn new manual skills—they tend to have excellent mind-body coordination, and manual dexterity (typewriting, piano playing, tennis). All of this can combine to make a Seven into the quintessential "Renaissance person."

Ironically, Sevens' wide-ranging curiosity and ability to learn quickly can also create problems for them. Because they are able to pick up many different skills with relative ease, it becomes more difficult for them to decide what to do with themselves. As a result, they also do not always value their abilities as they would if they had to struggle to gain them. When Sevens are more balanced however, their versatility, curiosity, and ability to learn can lead them to extraordinary achievement.

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