Category: General Musings
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They tell me it’s important
They tell me it’s important to express my gratitude. So here goes: I am grateful for over-the-counter pain medication. I am grateful that peppermint tea is healthy. I am grateful that our TV gets the Colts games so our friends come over to watch. I am grateful for the choice of pork roast over turkey.…
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6LoveLanguages
According to Gary Chapman, there are five main “Love Languages.” (For those of us who can never remember them all, they are: Quality Time, Words of Affirmation, Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch.) I disagree with him. I think there is a sixth one: Learning and Adapting to the Other Person’s Love Language. The…
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After silence
I love words. Sometimes I love words so much that I get excited about saying something that’s really not exciting. Today I texted a friend of mine and wrote the following: “If you want to play hooky and drive to Milwaukee I’ll be your navigator extraodinaire.” Then I spent the five minutes after that spinning…
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Remembering College
I recently reunited with my college roommate, and nostalgia ensued. It was rather humorous (and not a little disturbing) to find that each of us had forgotten large chunks of our college experience, most of which were brought back to vague and struggling memory by the prompting of the other person. Some things one of…
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F or T
“INFJ’s (Introverted – iNtuition – Feeling – Judging): Seek meaning and connection in ideas, relationships, and material possessions. Want to understand what motivates people and are insightful about others. Conscientious and committed to their firm values. Develop a clear vision about how best to serve the common good. Organized and decisive in implementing their vision.”…
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How Am I Different?
I spent all this week and last at the Keynote office in training for when I can start working. This means classes and workshops on everything from Keynote’s values and the techniques of storytelling to how to put toner in the copier and where to park. Yesterday, we had a class on forgiveness. Somewhere in…