My Deepest Desire

I took a personality quiz, already knowing which answer best suited my identity, but I think it's fun to take one anyhow and read the demographic information.

This quiz was to find out which of the Four Tendencies I was: an Upholder, a Questioner, an Obliger, or a Rebel, all based on the studies and framework book by Gretchen Rubin.

I don't suppose the answer to the quiz is really all that important, at least not from the standpoint of making a blog post about it. Many of you who know me well can probably guess which one of those descriptive words best fits my personality. And, knowing which one we are and understanding the definition of the type and why we do what we do, can, I believe, help us to make our lives a bit happier.

But I think there's more.

I don't want to just dwell on whichever tendency best fits me, even though I already knew and the quiz pegged my personality. But if I don't take that information and choose to grow something more out of that situation or that personality trait or connotation, then I don't believe I'm fulfilling my true purpose.

Now I've gone off the deep end. Do we ever really know our true purpose? Well, if you've read any of my writings over the last several years, surely you've read somewhere that I believe we were put on this earth for two reasons: to worship and to serve. Any by loving others, we are serving and worshipping.

Exactly how that plays out, we may realize early on in life and for some of us, we might not figure it out until much later in our years. Either way, it's often an "aha" moment or a realization so extraordinary that it can't be anything other than our true purpose.

I heard a phrase a day or two ago, and it rang true with me. You see, I have a desire to make a difference. No, not change the world - that's asinine to think I can. But, I can make a difference to one person, who in turn can share that difference with one person and you've all heard this kind of reasoning before... eventually we may just reach the whole world.

I have a desire to encourage and empower others through my writings. My thoughts, my ramblings. (I know. I ramble. All. The. Time.) But if my ramblings can make a difference in one person's day, then I have succeeded in my highest calling. Because there's just not a big chance that that difference will stop there. It's in motion.

Have you ever tossed a stone into the water? Or watched the rain softly falling in a puddle? It's a motion effect that changes the surface of the water. A wave or tremor, a riffle or undulation. The best part? The motion. It's unstoppable. It's flowing and it can't be stopped. It's a natural occurrence. And it's beautiful, because the motion of water like this is soothing, encouraging, seemingly life-giving. And who wouldn't want that?

It's my desire.

I want to be a ripple.

The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself.
Proverbs 11:25 NKJV