IrmaJean
08-26-2009, 11:53 AM
I'm not really sure of the appropriate place to post stuff like this, so I put it here.
Occasionally thoughts such as this just pop in my head and I wonder about them. This idea is something I've thought about before. Sometimes our weaknesses can be used as strengths. Like for me...I have a tendency toward obsessive behaviors sometimes. But at my place of employment this trait is wonderful, even advantageous, to have. I work in a store and it must be kept neat and orderly at all times. So I can be a good employee by straightening all of the labels and making everything perfectly lined up on the shelves. When I first walk in the door for a shift everything that is out of place just "sticks out" and I want to fix it. It gives me a healthy outlet to use this obsessive tendency that I have. I think it also speaks to balance and that everything has a place and a purpose sometimes...even our weaknesses. So I try to save that for work where it is really useful. Anyone else?
Occasionally thoughts such as this just pop in my head and I wonder about them. This idea is something I've thought about before. Sometimes our weaknesses can be used as strengths. Like for me...I have a tendency toward obsessive behaviors sometimes. But at my place of employment this trait is wonderful, even advantageous, to have. I work in a store and it must be kept neat and orderly at all times. So I can be a good employee by straightening all of the labels and making everything perfectly lined up on the shelves. When I first walk in the door for a shift everything that is out of place just "sticks out" and I want to fix it. It gives me a healthy outlet to use this obsessive tendency that I have. I think it also speaks to balance and that everything has a place and a purpose sometimes...even our weaknesses. So I try to save that for work where it is really useful. Anyone else?