Why my reaction?
Question to readers: Please read the last two posts, along with comments and tell me your opinion regarding this question: "Why the intensity of my reaction to the suggestion of my being intense?" If you have the time to complete this assignment, I'd be interested in your views.
I'm at my hair dressers now. I'll ask her a related question. "Do you think I am an intense person?"
"No. Why did someone tell you that? No, you're pretty easy going and you have a pretty good sense of humor. Pretty motivated to get done what you've got to get done, but I wouldn't say intense, more easy going."
"Thank you."
"No, I have a couple of clients who are intense and you're not like that. It seems like you have a lot of patience too. My intense clients don't - no patience at all."
"Thanks Pat."
I feel better now.
I'm at my hair dressers now. I'll ask her a related question. "Do you think I am an intense person?"
"No. Why did someone tell you that? No, you're pretty easy going and you have a pretty good sense of humor. Pretty motivated to get done what you've got to get done, but I wouldn't say intense, more easy going."
"Thank you."
"No, I have a couple of clients who are intense and you're not like that. It seems like you have a lot of patience too. My intense clients don't - no patience at all."
"Thanks Pat."
I feel better now.
posted by An Ordinary Christian | 3:10 PM
11 Comments:
All I have handy is a compact dictionary which defines intense as: very strong, with much emotion, thorough,and purposeful.
These words certainly reflect the flavor of your posts. Just the way I like my foods, each w/a distinct flavor. Yet each item on the plate is complimentary to the others. No fast food here, just good down home cooking.
Keep up the good work.
You are too Intense!! and hyper and brilliant and so many things! Most of all, you are HIS! Congrats on the MBA! you sound very excited and wound up and blessed...lol
Wonderful about the MBA! You know, I've found it helps me immensely to take my eyes and lay them smack on HIM. Off myself. He will use you no matter what you are and He made you just exactly the way He wanted to. You are perfect to Him!
If you think about it, we blog because we want to share our thoughts, hear comments on our thoughts and read others' thoughts...so if that's what you call intense, then yup, we're ALL intense. I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing to be intense. It's being focused, involved, analytical. The opposite of intense would not be easy going. It would be more like uninvolved, detached. You are an extra-ordinary Christian and we love you just the way you are.
Isn't it funny that everyone defines the word "intense" differently? What's more ironic is that it's never defined in a derogatory sense ~ because it isn't! It doesn't need defending because it isn't a bad thing.
I have to disagree with your hairdresser though, intense people aren't necessarily people with no patience. Being focused or intense shouldn't always be interpreted as impatient. I wonder if I would have caused as much comment if I discribed you as serious instead of intense? In my book, they are both good and to be well rounded we need to have intensity as well as light hartedness in our life.
Food for thought, and I enjoyed reading these comments very much...I hope you did too.
I really appreciate the "you" that God has created!
PS
If you get a chance, read my blog today, I wrote about being intense!
so you went to the hairdresser today? Did you get a different hairdo? Did you streak it, color it, cut it or what? I have been trying to figure out what to do with my hair lately, do I leave it long, do I cut it short, do I streak it again or let it go back to it's natural color? I have some friends who have the kind of hair they can do about anything with and they have a different style everytime I see them, but I have fine hair and can only do a few things with mine. So post a picture and let us see the new hairdo. lol, if you post a picture then I will, I still have yours that you sent with the Christmas CD awhile back. It reminds me to pray for you and your family, thanks Andrea for being you!!!
Hi Ordinary,
Just visiting via the link from Living On Grace.
I looked up the word Intense: it means focused, very strong, of a high degree, deep and complicated ...
What's wrong with that. Sounds to me like being intense is a virtue.
I think you're wonderful.Many people go on in life without any intensity for anything, you have a passion (longing) to serve our Lord wholly and you're striving towards that. Thats (I think) what helps us grow spiritually and in all other realms of life.
When smeone tells me I am intense..(which happens quite often) I am just thrilled....sounds to me like you have lots of people here who love you.......INTENSELY...... just the way you are !!
God Bless
donna
Great! I'm so blessed! I'll comment more on my blog for today!
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