Tag: personality

Joe Michael Sasanuma Obituary

Joe Michael Sasanuma, who earlier today died at the eternal age of 18, never had a moment in which he didn't enjoy life.

He lived by the words "What's the point of living if you can't feel alive?", a line fittingly taken from the James Bond movie "The World is Not Enough".  Of the many things

This Year’s Lenten Reflection is to be More like Christ

I was deeply moved by Lenten passage.  It epitomizes what I need to strive for in my journey of faith.

In one sense I have come pretty far in that journey, for I no longer find the having of faith to be that difficult.  To be sure, faith has never come easy and it probably never will, but

An Irrelevant Discourse on an Irrelevant Puzzle Hobby

Among the many hobbies of mine, doing jigsaw puzzles is one of my most irrelevant.

My colleagues have developed an odd misconception about me and puzzles. It all began several years ago when I announced, as I was leaving on the last day of work before my winter vacation began, that I was going home

30 Problems That Only Extroverts (Or I) Understand

I came across this article on 30 Problems That Only Introverts Understand through someone else's posting on Facebook.  I understood none of the things on the list, which I presumed was because I am the opposite of an introvert.

And so I felt qualified to create the below list of 30 Problems That Only Extroverts Understand.

My Admiration for Dreamers

I have great admiration for those who chase dreams because they exhibit the best of what it means to have a human experience.  I admire them because they live their life to the fullest.  Being a dreamer is a prerequisite for greatness.

The Nature of Being Judgmental

I am a very critical and judgmental person.

I recently realized how serious my critical nature has become when the first words out of my mouth to a person who had just completed making a perfectly thoughtful remark was, "But isn't it...?"  Being critical has become so second nature to me that I have developed a pattern of "disagree first, think later."

It
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