I touched on this topic a while ago with Silence Is Golden. I wanted to return to it again today. Of all the questions I regularly receive, the one that most distresses me is: Why are you so quiet? Followed by Talk […]
As I started to get ready for work one day in February, I grabbed a sweater. I then started going through all the sweaters I own and realized how much I am drawn to the color blue. Over three quarters of the […]
Two quotes today from Introvert Dear that relates to this column: It’s not the antagonism of the crowd that bothers me, I can handle that. It’s the after-debate party that terrifies me. Most people would feel relaxed at a party and sink […]
The last couple of months I’ve written about my NDE as a theme. That was planned. This month, an unplanned theme evolved: Introversion/INFP. As of this writing, there are three columns in this theme. Enjoy: Telling an introvert child to go to […]
Even when I’m alone I have real good company — dreams and imaginations and pretendings. I like to be alone now and then, just to think over things and taste them. IM Montgomery Anne’s House of Dreams Writers, musicians and […]
Wisdom and Life is going on Hiatus for the month of August and perhaps September I will continue writing: CJPPhotoNews That’s my photography blog. if you want to follow that. There’s a gold sign up button to the right on the top […]
Being an introvert at heart, I need more “ME” time than others may. As with writing, if I don’t get enough alone time I get irritable. I snap at people when I don’t necessarily mean to. It’s why I sometimes bail on […]
When you see someone living something awful, a rocket of desire for their resolution shoots out of you. And then, if you start focusing upon their resolution, you’ll start feeling better right away. And now, you’re part of the current that is […]
Because I’m on the introvert scale, I’d rather stay quiet than speak about inane topics. The most uncomfortable tactics one can make to an introvert is: Ask Why are you so quiet? Draw an introvert into an unwanted conversation. Influence them to […]
Alone vs Loneliness. Being an introvert has its positives and many people see those positives as negatives. –Some see introverts as rude, because they don’t do small talk. –Some see the tendency of the introvert’s need for alone time as out of […]