March 26, 2013
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Am I always this intense?
Someone asked me this on a blog reply…
It had me thinking quite a bit, honestly.
At first I curved my brow at it, like.. “what is that supposed to mean?”
and then… I giggled when I realized – UMM, YES. I AM ALWAYS intense.
I suppose I may have different degrees of intense… but when I looked up the word on dictionary.com and got a list of antonyms. I was quite pleased that I was the opposite of those boring words:
calm, dull, low-key, mild, moderate I also saw a meme on FB that made my heart smile:
This is NOT a problem of mine =]
It is always fun to see yourself through a strangers eyes…
Can you describe something about me? I’d love to try your eyes on for a minute =]
(thanks for the blog reply @celticroots, gave me something to think about.)
Comments (10)
Can you describe something about me?Words I’d use to describe you:fun, cute, hot, happy, lovable
Heh, like this. I’d say: beautiful, nurturing, intense, full of thought, holy, sensitive, emotional, visionary, hopeful, creative, poet, vibrant, full of life, full of fire, upright, humble, maybe that’s enough.
How’d I do compared to your own view?
@god_stories - those are the things i
hope
people see in me. Thank you =]
@god_stories - by the way, I feel like i never see you around anymore!!!
You strike me as a very happy gal, but a little introspective. I think you are kind and sensitive to how others feel about what say an do. You like to enjoy life.
@xXrEMmUsXx - Thanks, I’m not sure, but I can say I’ve been challenged in this season. Waiting is difficult…and I wonder if there’s ways that I’m causing the delay.
I just read Is 66 this morning “”Before she was in labor, she gave birth; Before her pain came, She delivered a male child. Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? [Or] shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, She gave birth to her children. Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says the LORD. “Shall I who cause delivery shut up [the womb]?” says your God.”
So I’m encouraged in moments that what I hope will come, but in the meanwhile I don’t think I’m doing very well at staying ‘present’ to my circumstances. I like to have things figured out and write about it, but at the moment I don’t feel I’ve much figured out.
@HUMOR_ME_NOW - introspection and self-awareness is important to me =] thank you for your observations!
@god_stories - thanks for sharing. I generally don’t mind surprises and not having things figured out… I’m an in the moment person, but i start going crazy when things just stay the same old way!
I love this scripture… it reminds me that the labor is necessary…with my first son I counted the hours, the days… hoping, wishing and waiting for his arrival to come sooner. There were moments where I was patient and reminded myself to enjoy the entire process… and even the delivery was full of joy for me.
with my second son, I was just started as a mom with my first… so I was VERY distracted and not present in the pregnancy. I took a little video of him our first night as mommy and son. I like to look back at it because it was the first time I was present… it was really the first moment I took the time to count fingers and toes… to look at his eyes and feel the softness of his skin. He had finally got my undivided attention.
I’m not sure why i shared that, but maybe no matter how present you are, the delivery has an arrival date… HOWEVER, maybe you could be enjoying the process more? learning something special along the way?
@xXrEMmUsXx - Thanks, that’s helpful to think about enjoying each moment. I’m tempted to feel shame that I’m not doing it ‘right’ and that’s the reason the birth hasn’t come yet…rather than just trust it is what it is and focus on living…and with grace (for myself and God).
@god_stories - I do think sometimes there is more to learn… I have just adopted the idea that God doesn’t withhold anything from me that I need because I’m not getting something right. I believe His plan for me is based on my learning curve.