It is a very interesting phenomenon when you take 300 people out of there normal surroundings and place them miles away from home and make them work together. There are a number of different personalities that come out. There are people that are very gregarious and enjoy company. There are the people that like only small groups of people. There are people that don't like to get to know anyone. In fact I found out today that there are people that make a point of not socializing with the people with which they work and infact pride themselves at this.
I find that way of life very sad. God made humanity to live in community with one another. Even the evolutionist would support this position from a survival basis, that human species will have a bettter survival benefit when living in community. But how do you make someone realize this?
But whatever the personalities, it still remains that we all need a savior (which is a whole different topic). But whether we are gregarious or agoraphobic, we will all make it through the next 6 months and all the adventures we will have between now and then are made all the more interesting because of all these personalities.
And speaking of personalities, this morning a bunch of us competitive types ran a 5K here in Kuwait and all got T-shirts. Life is better with all these personalities.
I find that way of life very sad. God made humanity to live in community with one another. Even the evolutionist would support this position from a survival basis, that human species will have a bettter survival benefit when living in community. But how do you make someone realize this?
But whatever the personalities, it still remains that we all need a savior (which is a whole different topic). But whether we are gregarious or agoraphobic, we will all make it through the next 6 months and all the adventures we will have between now and then are made all the more interesting because of all these personalities.
And speaking of personalities, this morning a bunch of us competitive types ran a 5K here in Kuwait and all got T-shirts. Life is better with all these personalities.
agoraphobic...yikes nice word Eric. Loving the blog! Keep up the great work! It's brilliant, and something even Ian can treasure when he's older.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious what happened with that"agoraphobic" person. Did he just tell you to leave or what? Your enthusiasm and positive outlook about it is inspiring.
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