Friday, January 17, 2020

Know Thyself


In various social circles recently, self-help books abound.

Over Christmas, my sister wanted to talk about love languages. For me, I totally swoon over acts of service. Yes, you can say "I love you" through doing the laundry.  

The Five Languages by Gary Chapman

In my graduate class, everyone was comparing enneagram numbers. Just from the title alone, I'd say I'm a 9 - "The Peacemaker."   

The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Don Richard Riso

At work, we were all encouraged to take the Clifton StrengthsFinder test. Turns out my top five themes are: Harmony, Intellection, Connectedness, Learner, and Developer.  

Living Your Strengths by Winseman, Clifton, and Liesveld 


What does all this tell me? Something I already knew...

I like to read. 

2 comments:

Unknown said...

That is absolutely how I remember you. Serving. Peacemaking.
What a nice person to have known.

Mom said...

Tks for reminding me. I was going to delve into that some more.
And, I couldn’t agree more with the above comment.