Friday, July 29, 2005

Question 76, Question 4, the Friday Five, and a Little Reflection!!!

Good morning, everyone! We've got a grab bag of topics to cover this morning, so let's get right to it!

Journal Jar Question 76 ~ Personality traits ~ What Personality Trait do you admire the most?

This is a very hard question to answer. There are so many traits that make a person who they are, and unconditional love means that you appreciate all of them, regardless of what they are or how they influence that person. Still, I will admit that there are values that I prize more than others. These would be: Loyalty, Compassion, Honesty, Moral Courage, Patience, Gratitude, Beauty, Education, Faith, Respect, and Sincerity. I find these traits most often in people of good heart and mind. To me, people with these traits are those that enrich your life and give you spirit to take heart and follow their example.

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20 Questions, an activity between TrickeyTricky and I - Question 4: What is your most prized material possession, and why?

This is a tough question, but I think my most prized material possession would be my Bible. Here's how I came up with this answer. If I were stuck on a desert island, with nothing but food and water, and would be there forever, and could have only one thing, I think the Bible would help the most. It would inspire, soothe, and strengthenme...and let's face it - it takes a while to read!

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The Friday Five

1. What was your first job?

I was a bag boy, believe it or not, and I worked for a local grocery store called the Washington Food Market. It was the only joint in town, tiny, and charged a fortune for just about everything. I also worked in produce while there...and man, I loved that. Seriously. I loved working in produce, learning about so many fruits, vegetables, spices and how to prepare and clean them. What makes a great vegetable, what gives a fruit distinct taste. It was awesome! And, the icing on the cake...I met my future wife there!

2. How much did you make?

Peanuts! I started at minimum wage, which I think at the time was $4.75? I know I worked at increments of $5.15, $5.25, and $5.50 before I left there, but let's just say it wasn't a six figure salary!

3. Describe your least favorite co-worker of all time.

This person irritated me constantly and tested my patience every day. She was a gossip, spread malicious rumors, was rude, impolite, self-centered, dissatisfied with her job, cranky, and amazingly self-serving. She is the definition of self-absorbtion.

4. What is your dream job?

To be an educational consultant, helping to integrate technology into school districts and curriculum

5. What do you currently do and do you like it?

Currently I am a fundraiser for a College in Gettysburg, PA and I love it very much. It's challenging, fast paced, pressure-inducing, and I work with a fabulous team. We're dynamic, silly, and dedicated!

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I read this verse in 1 Kings 17 today:

Taking the child, Elijah brought him down into the house from the upper room and gave him to his mother. "See!" Elijah said to her, "your son is alive." "Now indeed I know that you are a man of God," the woman replied to Elijah. "The word of the Lord comes truly from your mouth."

This passage jumped out at me this morning because so often we fail to realize the power of our words. What we say, how we say it, to whom we say it, when we say it, and so many other things impact the way our words are received by those around us.

We cause such great joy, love, happiness, sorrow, pain, and suffering with our words that we can scar people for a lifetime or inspire them to great heights. Our words have such power. Do you think about that? The power of your word? It is the expression of your will, your personality and your morals. It is the chosen expression of the self and the outright presentation of your character.

Do we choose our words carefully? Deliberately? Do we choose to attack with our words, slicing through the heart and soul of others to scorchthem where it is most painful, or do we encourage them and lift them up, buoying them with our sincere and loving comments? We are known by our words. I know that too frequently my heart is black and I spew forth vomit and hatred from my mouth, scarring the landscape and people around me with detestable language. I am still two-faced in my words, and I yearn to be a man of love and compassion. Let us all be as Elijah was, even if we are not of faith, so that people will know we are of great moral strength, and that our words are words of light, hope, and love!


 
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