Today's New Word
PRESAGE
v. 1. To indicate or warn of in advance; portend.
2. To have a presentiment of.
3. To foretell or predict.
From The American Heritage Dictionary, 2nd College Edition
Not the Kreskin
can you honestly evaluate the story from within
without part of you blocking the way
The Sons of Champlin, Freedom
Something I've finally come to terms with is that I have the INFP personality temperament. (You can do a
web search on Myers-Briggs personality types yourself -- I'm feeling too lazy to link at this precise moment.) Translated, that's a personality type that is (I)ntroverted, i(N)tuitive, (F)eeling and (P)erceiving.
I'll explain with a snippet of a brief summary of a Readers Digest version of a explanation. My locus of control and source of renewal is basically internal. My primary way of obtaining/filtering information and interacting with the world are through my perceptions, intuition and feelings. It's said that people like us have some kind of "sixth sense." Basically, it's because we perceive the subtle, the less obvious and can put it in the context of the big picture.
My personal problem is that up until very recently, I've never been able to distinguish between the strengths and weaknesses of my personality. If INFP types are guilty of anything, it's missing the trees for the forest. That can be dangerous for people who use their feelings as their primary guide through life. Emotions and "the big picture" can sometimes lead us to false conclusion. Emotions sometime run so strong that sometimes we inadvertently believe our own press about having a "sixth sense," when we sometimes discount what we sense around us using our first five senses.
What does all this mean? No idea, specifically, other than to say that this is one area where I need to mindfully strive for more balance.
