Our guest today is no stranger to the blog. She was spotlighted in April and shared treasures with us in May. Today she shares some thoughts with us on personalities....
Personalities, Two Sides to the Coin -- by Christine
Lindsay
Personality traits have always fascinated me. How
does our early life mold our personality? How much of it is inherited? What
aspects of personality affect people’s choices of work,exploits or lack of
exploits.
Have you ever noticed that there is a good side and
a down side to our personality traits?
I love doing tests such as the Myers’ Briggs, and on
one test I found myself as a Protagonist under the heading for Diplomats. They
describe this personality as:
Everything you do
ripples outward and affects everyone. Your posture can shine your heart or
transmit anxiety. Your breath can radiate love or muddy the room in depression.
Your glance can awaken joy. Your words can inspire freedom. Your every act can
open hearts and minds.
My goodness, how very flattering. This all comes in
handy when I write and do the occasional speaking. The down side however, is I
can also lock myself away for hours on end with my laptop. I tend to be a
workaholic, and prefer my solitude a bit too much.
Enough of me.
While developing the characters for Sofi’s
Bridge, I wanted to know the good side and the bad side to
the personality traits of a doctor. On the site Medoholic
I found certain personality traits that are predominant in medical students.
The traits of a doctor who will go beyond himself to
save others. But what’s the possible downside? In the Supporter
Personality tests doctors and nurses are referred
to as “Supporters” with the passion to be saviors.
So, what’s happens when a healthy individual with
the personality traits to make a good doctor finds himself in a personal
situation that twists his passion for saving others into circumstances that
will destroy him?
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Have you ever stopped in the middle of
helping your kids or a friend out of a jam, and thought, “maybe it would be
better if they took their lumps and learned from their situation?”
This particular truth inspired my latest historical
romance Sofi’s Bridge.
The hero and the heroine in this book are both savior personality types, and
put aside their own welfare to “fix” the lives of their respective siblings. In
Sofi’s Bridge, both Sofi Andersson
and Dr. Neil Galloway must learn the same lesson that I had to learn in my
life—that we cannot save the ones we love. Only God can do that.
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Wow, learn something new every day! Great info Christine, thanks for sharing.
Christine
Lindsay is the author of multi-award-winning Christian fiction. Tales of her
Irish ancestors who served in the British Cavalry in Colonial India inspired
her multi-award-winning series Twilight of the British Raj, Book 1 Shadowed
in Silk, Book 2 Captured
by Moonlight, and the
explosive finale Veiled
at Midnight.
Christine’s
Irish wit and her use of setting as a character is evident in her contemporary
romance Londonderry
Dreaming. Her
newest release Sofi’s
Bridge also features a
dashing Irish hero.
Aside from being
a busy writer and speaker, Christine and her husband live on the west coast of
Canada. Coming August 2016 is the release of Christine’s non-fiction book Finding
Sarah—Finding Me: A Birthmother’s Story.
Please drop by
Christine’s website www.ChristineLindsay.org
or follow her on Amazon on Twitter. Subscribe to her quarterly newsletter, and be her friend on Pinterest , Facebook, and Goodreads
Read all the first chapters of Christine Lindsay’s
novels for Free on her website, click HERE
and go to Christine’s Books.
Hope you enjoyed Christine's thoughts as much as I did. Drop by weekly for more Thursday Thoughts, Saturday Spotlights and Tuesday Treasures.
Until next time...take care and God Bless!
PamT
Hope you enjoyed Christine's thoughts as much as I did. Drop by weekly for more Thursday Thoughts, Saturday Spotlights and Tuesday Treasures.
Until next time...take care and God Bless!
PamT
