02-09-2018, 10:16 AM
(02-05-2018, 10:44 AM)forrealone Wrote: I spend most of my time at home. I am retired, getting closer to 70 and have a husband who has more health challenges than seems fair. But, i do get out and am blessed with more opportunities than i realize or notice to just "be" me. And, for whatever reason He has, being me means conversations that come out of nowhere and end with a sharing experience for me and usually some stranger. The words that come out of my mouth are NOT filtered through my brain. They just come out as though directed specifically to that person. If i had to plan these moments or think about what to say or when, they would never happen.
This is how it works for me. I can't plan anything other than doctor appointments or picking up my grandkids on time because each day could bring a serious challenge that can make plans scatter apart.
God presents/uses each of us as He chooses. He will find a spot for you and you will know it when He does, but the "how" of knowing it is not something i can explain. Hang in there, Iain, He is already working in you. I can see it!
I, for one, think it's great that you are being used like that. That might happen to me if I were consciously open to it; my default mode in public is the total opposite.
Don't take my comments on extroversion as an attack on anything. It's more a commentary on western cultural attitudes than extroverts themselves. I'm definitely happy you're on board at RF. Being an online entity primarily, we need people like you more than not.