Share Your World 4-22-19

I am finally getting around to SHARING MY WORLD WITH ALL Y’ALL THIS WEEK BY ANSWERING MELANIE’S FIVE QUESTIONS. 

Honestly, I don’t even remember if I answered the sharing questions last week. These last two or three weeks have been something of a blur. I would say it has been too busy, but there has been an aspect of wonder to it all too, so I am not complaining. I’m just tired and ready for a bit of a slow down. We’ll see. Anyway, here are this week’s five questions and my five answers. As usual when you have finished with my answers use the underlined link above to pop over to Mel’s place and see how others answered her questions.

What was the last thing you read digital or print?

I am reading the book Quiet: The Power of Introverts In a World That Can’t Stop Talking.   The last time I actually got to sit down and read anything including blogs was two weeks ago because the world around me has been so noisy.

Are you more an extrovert or introvert?

I am an extreme introvert. If left to my own I would probably withdraw from society altogether and become a hermit on a mountain…no really! I have learned to balance my introversion through church life and ministry. That has been extremely healthy for me, but it does come with a constant struggle to find the balance of silence I need.

How is your life different from what you imagined as a younger person?

I anticipated being richer. I thought I would own several houses all over the world and be free to travel to them. I think I am glad that did not happen.

Do you think about dying?   Does death scare you?  Why or why not?

I do think about death a lot. It does not scare me, because for me it is just a crossing over into an eternity reserved for me in the Heavens. I think there is a piece of me that is already there. I anticipate the passage.

GRATITUDE:

 

I will start here with question #1

Something that makes me happy.

6 thoughts on “Share Your World 4-22-19

  1. Wonderful Share Your World, Joseph! I was under the mis-impression that all pastors or people of the cloth were extroverts…all that public speaking see? Thanks for reminding me that stereotypes are silly and often wrong. 🙂 I like your happiness picture too! ❤

    • It is interesting you say that Melanie. My new boss/ lead pastor knew me by reputation when he pastored his last church in Massachusetts. I have been pastoring in this District for over 25 years and have done much work in my little corner of the world. Anyway he was under the same impression about me and assumed I would be an extreme extrovert like he is until we met. I was a big surprise to him. Fortunately it has not been a horrible surprise. I think we actually get along better because he is so extroverted and I am so introverted,

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