So, basically, instead of doing anything proactive that could lead to making an informed decision about my life, I've been cracking out on craftster.org and reading people's blogs. I was perusing Ahniwa's blog today, when I found a link to a personality test. Perfect!
(Although I should mention that I think most personality tests are crap and they ask totally obvious questions like, '1. If you saw an old lady trying to cross a road would you, A. Help her along or B. Push her down' I mean, come on.) So I took the test and it actually seemed to be pretty good. In that it asked random questions and I had no idea what to expect with the outcome. So.....
It then went on to say all kinds of things that I felt were pretty accurate about me. Like, Idealists strive to discover who they are and how they can become their best possible self -- and they want to help others make the journey and also The idea of a spiritual dimension to life, the "not visible" or the "not yet" that can only be known through intuition or by a leap of faith, is far more important to Idealists than the world of material things and also Highly ethical in their actions, Idealists hold themselves to a strict standard of personal integrity. They must be true to themselves and to others, and they can be quite hard on themselves when they are dishonest, or when they are false or insincere.
This is me. I mean, as far as generalizations go, you know. I was quite surprised by how much of the four-paragraph description really suited me. It went on to say that Idealists make good healers, teachers, counselors, journalists. That the most important thing to them is that their work provides them the opportunity to help others, and to help guide others towards that elusive "not visibile" in the above description. Yes, exactly! That is the kind of job I'm looking for.
Like spiritual social work. Instead of handing out money to pay a gas bill, I'd like to hand out the inter-connectedness to all beings near and far. Anyone have any suggestions on where I could post my resume?!
But seriously, this has me re-thinking my whole plan. Not that it was much of a plan to begin with. I must not ever put money or security ahead of spiritual purpose. Remind yourself of this post in six months. (And thank you to Ahniwa for posting the survey. If y'all want to take it, go visit his blog.)
