{"id":48884,"date":"2023-05-20T02:54:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T06:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=48884"},"modified":"2023-05-20T03:29:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T07:29:32","slug":"day-7-as-you-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/day-7-as-you-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 7: As You Are","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Way-I-Am-BG-1019x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48885\" width=\"590\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Way-I-Am-BG-1019x1024.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Way-I-Am-BG-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Way-I-Am-BG-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Way-I-Am-BG-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Way-I-Am-BG.jpg 1493w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHY<\/strong> do we compare ourselves to others? It is one of the greatest sources of both our unhappiness and a font of lies&#8230;&nbsp; <!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s continue now: <em>In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Come Holy Spirit, You who descended upon Jesus at His Baptism at the voice of the Heavenly Father, declaring: &#8220;This is My Beloved Son.&#8221; That same Voice, though unheard, pronounced at my conception and then again at my Baptism: &#8220;This is my beloved son\/daughter.&#8221; Help me to see and know how precious I am in the Father&#8217;s eyes. Help me to trust in His design of who I am, and who I am not. Help me to rest in the Father&#8217;s arms as His unique child. Help me to be grateful for my life, my eternal soul, and the salvation which Jesus has wrought for me. Forgive me for grieving You, Holy Spirit, by rejecting myself and my gifts and my part in the world. By your grace this day, help me to embrace my purpose and place in creation and love myself, as Jesus loves me, through His Most Holy Name, amen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to this song through which God is telling you, right now, that He loves you <em>as you are<\/em>, just as He created you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"As You Are\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/828510057?h=6064848aa1&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">As You Are<!-- \/wp:post-content --><!-- wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph --><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Little hands and tiny feet, pudgy little toes<br \/>Mama leans into crib and kisses your sweet nose<br \/>You&#8217;re not the same as other babes, this we can see<br \/>But you&#8217;ll always be a princess to me<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">I love you as you are<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">As you are<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">In my arms you&#8217;ll have a home<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">As you are<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">He was never late for class, never great in school<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Only wanting to be liked, he felt like a fool<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">One night he simply wished to die, b<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">elieving no one cared<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Until he looked up at the door<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">And saw his daddy there<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>I love you as you are<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>As you are<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>In my arms you&#8217;ll have a home<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>As you are<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">He sees her sitting quietly, she looks much the same<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">But they haven&#8217;t laughed for oh so long,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">She can&#8217;t even recall his name.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">He takes her hands, weak and frail, a<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">nd tenderly sings <br \/>Words he&#8217;s told her all his life<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">From the day she took his ring&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">I love you as you are<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">As you are<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">In my heart you&#8217;ll have a home<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">As you are<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">You will always have a home<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">As you are<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2014 Mark Mallett, from Love Holds On, 2002\u00a9<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even should your mother forsake you \u2014 or your family, your friends, your spouse \u2014 you will always have a home in the arms of the Heavenly Father.<\/p>\n<h5>\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Distorted Image<\/h5>\n<p>When I say that God loves you &#8220;as you are,&#8221; that is not to say He loves you &#8220;in the state you are in.&#8221; What kind of father would say, &#8220;Oh, I love you as you are&#8221; \u2014 as tears roll down our cheeks and pain fills our hearts? It is precisely because we are loved so much that the Father refuses to leave us in a fallen state.<!-- \/wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph --><!-- wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph --><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">But now you must put them all away: anger, fury, malice, slander, and obscene language out of your mouths. Stop lying to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed, for knowledge, in the Image of its creator. (Col 3:8-10)<\/span><!-- \/wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>When I used to travel and preach in Catholic schools throughout North America, I would often tell the kids: &#8220;Jesus didn&#8217;t come to take away your personality, He came to take away your sin.&#8221; Sin distorts and disfigures who we really are, as where Christ&#8217;s love and teachings help us to become our authentic self.\u00a0<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph --><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em><strong>&#8230;the human will causes her to deny her origin, it makes her decay from her beginning; her intellect, memory and will remain without light, and the divine image remains deformed and unrecognizable.<\/strong><\/em> \u2014Jesus to Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta, September 5, 1926, Vol. 19<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Have you ever looked into the mirror and sighed: &#8220;Who am I??&#8221; What a grace it is to be in possession of yourself, to be at ease and comfortable in your own skin. What does such a Christian look like? They are, in a word, <em>humble<\/em>. They are content to be unnoticed, but notice others. They are more interested in others&#8217; opinions than their own. When complimented they simply say &#8220;thank you&#8221; (rather than make contortions why God should be glorified, not them, etc.). When they make mistakes, they are not surprised. When they encounter others&#8217; faults, they remember their own. They enjoy their own giftedness but rejoice in others more gifted. They easily forgive. They know how to love the least of the brethren and are not afraid of others&#8217; weaknesses and faults. Because they know God&#8217;s unconditional love, and their capacity to reject it, they remain small, grateful, humble.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s funny how we seek to love, assure, and see Christ in others \u2014 but never extend that same generosity to ourselves. Do you see the contradiction? Are you both not made in God&#8217;s image? This should be the attitude toward yourself:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother\u2019s womb. I praise You, because I am wonderfully made; wonderful are your works! My very self You know. (Ps 13913-14)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be wonderful to come to a place where we cease the endless and exhausting exercise of trying to please or impress everyone else? Where we stop feeling insecure around others, or grasping for love and attention? Or conversely, are unable to be in a crowd or look another person in the eye? Healing begins by accepting yourself, your limitations, your differences, and loving yourself \u2014 as you are \u2014 because that is how you were made by the Creator.\u00a0<!-- \/wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph --><!-- wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph --><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">I will heal them. I will lead them and restore full comfort to them and to those who mourn for them, creating words of comfort. Peace! Peace to those who are far and near, says the LORD; and I will heal them. (Isaiah 57:18-19)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph --><br \/><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":5} --><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Your Temperament<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph --><\/h5>\n<p>We are all equal in God&#8217;s eyes, but we are not all the same. During my own silent retreat, I opened my journal and the Lord began to speak to me about temperament. I hope you don&#8217;t mind if I share what came out of my pen as it really helped me to understand our human differences:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Each of My creations is fashioned with a temperament \u2014 even the animals. Some are unaggressive, others more curious, some are shy, and others more bold. So, too, with My children. The reason is that natural temperament is a means of balancing and harmonizing creation. Some are raised to be leaders for the survival and well being of those around them; others follow so as to keep harmony and provide an example to others. Therefore, it is essential that the apostle recognize this attribute in creation.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">It is also why I say, &#8220;Do not judge.&#8221; For if one is bold, it may be that their gifting is to lead others. If another is reserved, it may be to provide tempering of the bold. If one is silent and more quiet by nature, it may be a specific call to nurture wisdom for the common good. If another speaks readily, it may be to motivate and keep the rest from sloth. So you see, child, temperament is ordered toward order and harmony.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Now, temperament can be altered, suppressed and even changed according to one&#8217;s wounds. The strong can become weak, the meek can become aggressive, the gentle can become harsh, the confident can become afraid, and so forth. And thus, the harmony of creation is thrown into a certain chaos. That is the &#8220;disorder&#8221; of Satan. Hence, My Redemption and the power of My Resurrection are necessary to restore the hearts and true identity of all My children. To restore them to their proper temperament and even accentuate it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">When My apostle is led by My Spirit, the natural God-given temperament is not nulified; rather, a healthy temperament provides the foundation for the apostle to &#8220;go out&#8221; of himself into the heart of another: &#8220;Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Have the same regard for one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly; do not be wise in your own estimation.&#8221; <\/span><\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">(Rom 12:15-16)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">&#8230;And so My son, never compare yourself to another as much as a fish should not compare itself to a bird,\u00a0 nor a toe to a hand. Take your place and purpose in the order of creation by humbly accepting and living from your God-given temperament in order to love God and to love others, as you love yourself.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The problem is that our sin, wounds, and insecurities end up fashioning and changing us, which is expressed in our <em>personalities.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Your God-given temperament is the natural inclinations you feel. Your personality is what is formed through the experiences of life, your formation in the family, your cultural context, and your relationship with Me. Together, your temperament and personality form your identity.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Notice, My child, that I did not say that your gifts or talents form your identity. Rather, they augment your role and purpose (mission) in the world. No, your identity, if it is whole and unbroken, is the reflection of My image in you.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- \/wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"20px\"} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 20px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:spacer --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":5} --><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Word on Your Gifts and You<\/h5>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mask-Fall-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mask-Fall-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mask-Fall-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mask-Fall-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mask-Fall.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Your gifts are just that \u2014 gifts. They could have been given to the next-door neighbor. They are not your identity. But how many of us wear a mask based on our looks, our talents, our status, our wealth, our approval ratings, etc.? On the other hand, how many of us lack confidence, shun or put down our gifts or bury our talents because we can&#8217;t compare to others, and that in turn also becomes our identity?<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"right\",\"id\":48892,\"width\":292,\"height\":364,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>One of the things God healed in me at the end of my silent retreat was a sin I hadn&#8217;t realized: I had rejected my gift of music, my voice, my style, etc. On the way home, I was going to sit in silence, inviting Our Lady to accompany me in the passenger seat to just reflect on the great graces of those nine days. Instead, I sensed her telling me to put on my CD&#8217;s. So I played <em>Deliver Me From Me <\/em>first<em>. <\/em>My jaw fell open: my entire silent healing retreat was mirrored in that album, front to back, sometimes word for word. I suddenly realized that what I had created 24 years earlier was actually a <em>prophecy\u00a0<\/em>of my own healing (and now, I pray, for many of you). In fact, had I not accepted my gift anew that day, I venture that I may not even be doing this retreat. Because as I listened to the songs, I realized there was healing in them, imperfect as they are, and I was inspired to incorporate them into a retreat.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>So it is important that we use our gifts and not bury them in the ground out of fear or false humility (cf. Matt 25:14-30).<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Also, the world doesn&#8217;t need another St. Th\u00e9r\u00e8se de Lisieux. What it needs is <em>you<\/em>. You, not Th\u00e9r\u00e8se, were born for this time. In fact, her life is a case-in-point of someone who was virtually unknown to the world, and even many of her fellow sisters in the convent, for her deep and hidden love for Jesus. And yet, today, she is a Doctor of the Church. So you see, do not underestimate what God can do with our seeming insignificance.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph --><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted. (Matthew 23:12)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>God wants you to accept your purpose and place in creation because there is a reason for it, perhaps just as much as there is a reason for distant galaxies that no one will ever see.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"20px\"} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 20px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:spacer --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":5} --><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Knowing Yourself<\/h5>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Take up your journal now and ask the Holy Spirit to come again and help you to see yourself in the light of truth. Write down the ways in which you have rejected your gifts and talents. Note the ways that you feel insecure or lacking in confidence. Ask Jesus why you feel this way and write down what comes to mind. He may reveal to you a memory from your childhood or some other wound. And then ask the Lord to forgive you for rejecting the way He has made you and any way you have not humbly accepted yourself, as you are.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Last write down your gifts and skills, your natural abilities and the things you do well, and thank God for these. Thank Him that you are &#8220;wonderfully made.&#8221; Also, make note of your temperament and thank him for making you the way you are. You can use these classic four temperaments, or a combination of them, as a guide:<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Choleric<\/strong><\/span>: The go-getter, great at accomplishing goals<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u2022 Strengths<\/em>: A born leader with energy, enthusiasm, and a strong will; self-confident and optimistic.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u2022 Weaknesses<\/em>: May struggle with being empathetic to others\u2019 needs, and can tend toward being controlling and overly critical of others.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Melancholic<\/strong><\/span>: The deep thinker with strong ideals and passionate feelings<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u2022 Strengths<\/em>: Naturally skilled at keeping things organized and humming along smoothly; a faithful friend who connects deeply with people.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u2022 Weaknesses<\/em>: May struggle with perfectionism or negativity (of self and others); and can be easily overwhelmed by life.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sanguine<\/strong><\/span>: The \u201cpeople person\u201d and life of the party<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u2022 Strengths<\/em>: adventurous, creative, and just plain likable; thrives on social interactions and sharing life with others.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u2022 Weaknesses<\/em>: May struggle with follow-through and gets easily over-committed; 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