List your 10 best qualities. Its funny. And its not just me. Everybody struggles with this. I hope everybody has put modesty on their list if they've run out of other things to put. Though I reckon even some people who couldn't come up with 10 probably wouldn't consider themselves modest (and rightly so).
What is it about people asking other people for qualities? Qualities of a good leader, qualities of a good person, qualities that make a good friend or a good relationship. Nobody knows. Hell even the words are open to interpretation. Nobody seems to get quite the same definition of integrity. Loyalty seems to make sense and then somebody suggests that being disloyal isn't being disloyal... then what is loyalty? and is it what you meant.
So anyway my list... This will be interesting. I am going to go for the full 10 count if it kills me...
Determination
Put it this way.... Would I be doing a full 10 count if I wasn't determined.
I Go With The Flow
I am an epic stress bunny or I would have used the word relaxed but basically in most things I am able to not be too flustered by whether we catch the bus or decide to hire a cab (to use a mundane example).
Punctuality
I do NOT like being late. In fact I prefer to be 5 minutes early. If you tell me to be somewhere I will be there. End of story.
Dependable
I was torn between using the word loyalty and the word dependable here. Basically if you need me to do something I will do it. If I can't do it I will be endless apologetic and supportive of either getting somebody else to do it or finding an alternative. But generally.. I will be there for you.
My Sense Of Humour
So I may make myself laugh perhaps more frequently than I ever make my audience. That's Ok because I enjoy it. The people close to me get it... even if they only get the weirdness of it and not the genuine humour I get out of it. Generally though... they think it is funny to. My sense of humour is a good quality because it is unique but I definitely have one.
Spontaneity
This is an entertaining one. I am about as original as a four legged chair. I am terrible for habit forming and have an excessively addictive personality. So why spontaneity? Well how is it spontaneous if that is what you do all the time? Predictably spontaneous is not fun at all... I am spontaneous in that every so often I just do something... not because it makes sense simply because I can.
I know the balance of Cleanliness
We all know that cleanliness is next to godliness... yeah well it happens to be one of those false gods where you have to sacrifice virgins frequently. Being too clean is frustrating... or perhaps more it is that expecting OTHER people to be that clean is frustrating. I love a clean home... certainly I do my own cleaning chores frequently enough. But I will wear my jeans more than once without washing them and know that if I don't vacuum daily the sky will not fall down... balance - i like it.
Honesty
I am... generally... honest. In my work, in my opinions, in my life. I am one of those people who can tend towards a bit blunt at times... but not too often for it to cause issues. I generally try to make education comments about whatever situation I happen to be in.
I Don't Hate or Hold Grudges
Hate is such an ugly emotional state. I consider myself very fortunate to not be so inclined to hate frequently or easily other people. My internal mind is occasionally judgemental but I rarely so much as comment about it. I can work with most people, handle the people everybody else hates relatively well. People can piss me off occasionally but I never hold that against somebody. Why? 'Jesus said, "This is my commandment: love one another, as I have loved you."' Jn. 14.22
Unique
Because I don't think I have mentioned this word more than once or twice I figure it can be a quality of its own. I am unique... mind you everybody is unique so wouldn't it be more unique to actually BE normal? Perhaps but it wouldn't be nearly as fun... there is much more variety available to a person who's unique. I am me, and by me I mean the part of who I am that can't be quantified or even properly qualified.
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