Serendipity - Electic Creations by Sue

We may think that spotting the introvert in a crowd is easy breezy. Well think again. Although the stereotypical introvert may be the one at the party who's hanging out alone by the food table hovering over their smartphone, the one deemed the "social butterfly" can just as easily have an introverted personality.   Spotting the introvert can be quite the task. A lot of introverts are able to pass as extroverts. Most people don't even know what those words mean but albeit they fall into one of those categories. People may not think that they’re introverts, especially if they’re not shy -- because they may not realize that being an introvert is about more than just cultivating and nurturing alone time. Instead, it can be more instructive to pay attention to whether they're losing or gaining energy from being around others, even if the company of friends gives them pleasure. “Introversion is a basic temperament, so the social aspect -- which is what peop...

Is it the jingle bells, the stocking stuffers, the fruitcake, the wonderful smell of pine? The family gatherings, the honey-glazed ham and cranberry turkey with mustard sauce, the eggnog, ugly sweaters or chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Those are lovely and quite enjoyable parts of the holiday season but are of no significance whatsoever when answering the real question; what is Christmas? Christmas my lovelies is salvation for everyone and in everything. There is a being who lived in heaven eons before this earth was even made, who was so dearly loved and wonderfully created that he sat on the right hand of Almighty God. He was a marvel in heaven and even the angels hailed Him. This same being is who God chose to send to earth, as one of us, like us, in His own image and likeness to bear the pain and suffering of mankind. He chose to do his Father's will by laying down His own life only to take it up again so that we wretched souls may not die, but live eternally.  1...