Would life have been any different if the brain damage has never struck me? Would I have been an original popular Sanguine, an extrovert by nature, being the life of the party, who enjoys the adventurous side of life? Or still a mere peaceful Phlegmatic who is laid back with a very low-key personality and always seem easygoing, calm, cool and collected?
We were discussing our cell events (planning for a cell retreat) over mamak last Friday. In the midst of it, Debbie posed this statement, “Actually, by the way I hear you talk, I see that you can in fact be a very adventurous person if not because of mobility restrictions. Right?” Self check: is that true? If only I was more mobile, I would have gone to many more places, done many more things – but of coz I know my limits as a God-fearing believer… Living up to my desires and prophecies, I might have even signed up for most of the mission trips organized by my church [ooh, when I talk about my church, I’m referring to Grace Assembly, yah?]… I would have been actively involved in all Ranger’s advancement camps, jungle trekking, kayaking, and watever. I would definitely be the first “sign up” for the event.
I would have been a Sanguine who love going places, exploring new and challenging stuff. Minus the disorganized part of course. I cannot stand messiness, haha. When my mom announced that my six-year-old cousin Chenelle got second runner up for a story telling competition and won herself and her kindy some amount of cash, it actually brought back memories of myself when I was at that tender pre school age. Because I could not take part in Sports Day, my teachers almost always slot me in for story-telling and activities that do not require much moving around. I should have kept those trophies for memories sake. Haiyah *lol* The times when my Sunday School had their annual concert, I would be so geared up for it that my parents could hear me singing & practicing it to perfection, haha. A bit of Melancoly there :p
If only I still had my “freedom”, I would have been a Sanguine. Not one, not two, but a handful of my friends have seen that in me thus giving me feedbacks and comments on this. But of course, I have taken on the Phlegmatic mask, which Florence Littauer profoundly explains in her book “Discovering the Real You by Uncovering the Roots of Your Personality Tree.” Hopefully, in time to come I would be able to see the Sanguine in me, in one way or another *winkz* [again, minus the disorganized part. Haha]
2 comments:
i can't really imagine u being a sanguine. hehe. not that u dont fit the part, but i have seen u with the phlegmatic side almost all my life, so it's pretty hard to have another image of you where u bear the sanguine side. but anyhow, even if u are a sanguine, i bet u wont be as crazy, chi-sin, and dumb-dumb as me, right? =P heh!
to reflect on this a lil deeper though, it doesnt really matter how your personality turns out to be from the damage in the end. it's who you are. "what you are is God's gift to you. What you become is your gift to God." it's how you profoundly impact the lives of others that makes a difference. =)
haha, trust me, it wud be a hard-to-believe fact for ME if that really happens :p i might not be as chi sin & sam pat as u la, but the going out part of a sanguine lo, hehe.. anyways, no one can lawan ur "dumb-dumb"ness la, dun worry..
hey, thanx for the reflection.. i knw it works that way :) juz a lil twist of my tots.. heeee :D *muakz*
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