Blessings, affirmations, grace, and reflection

Finally, some love for the introverts of the world! My best qualities come from being an innie. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/hire-introverts/9041 On a totally unrelated (or somewhat related) note, the summer movie selection this year leaves something to be desired. I have been trying to strategize cool places to hang out this summer to escape the heat. More times than not the movie theater has been a big fail. I saw Madagascar 3 and was like Meh! It kept me out of the heat for 2 hours. Nothing really catching my eye at all.

This is so me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counselor_%28role_variant%29 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealist_temperament There has been a lot going on at work. My boss has "cleaned house" and it is so strange, yet interesting, to see the skeletal collection of staff who remain. The energy of our last meeting was so different from the hostility that had been throughout our workplace interactions. I didn't realize how certain people can have such a huge impact on an environment. I think the fact that we are the "last ones standing" has in a way forced us to bond when we hadn't before. A lot of the cliques and undercurrent of discontent had vanished. Perhaps she is more perceptive than we give her credit. We were asked to sweep it all under the rug and move forward as about half of our staff will be newcomers. Everyone is positive that a new energy will be good for helping us get back on track. Yesterday was a different story. Yesterday the discon...

One of the SOC Sunday posters did a post on her Myer-Brigg personality type. It reminded me that I am an INFJ (Myers-Brigg) and Idealist/Counselor (Keirsey ) which is only 1% of the population. When you are a minority it is easy to be misunderstood by others. My life is so rare...my personality type, my blood type, my experiences in life. When I read about INFJs, everything is right on the mark. I am an INFJ and I really can't do much about it. The really interesting thing about INFJs is that so many humanitarians are of this personality type: Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Oprah, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela just to name a few. Wow! I guess that explains a lot about my view of the world.