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3 Personality Traits That I am Proud Of

I love learning.

I love school. There was a portion of college in which I struggled enough emotionally that it affected my grades (besides the fact that, being 100% honest, BYU is really tough! The expectations are extremely high and with much learning, much is required), but besides that time I always have done very well in school (including the end of my stay at BYU). My eyes welled up in my calculus class when they presented the first and second fundamental theorems of calculus, because it just all made sense.

At first I wrote "I am intelligent" instead of "I love learning", but as I wrote I realized that I am smart, but a lot of that comes from the enjoyment I get from discovering new things. However, I also love the fact that my boss sends everyone to me to edit their documents at work. I enjoy word games and reading. I am intelligent. But the two connect seamlessly, for me.

I am pretty funny.

I am not going to attempt to be funny in this paragraph, way too much pressure. But I like the fact that I can even get my husband, the funniest of all, to laugh. I love when someone has started to get to know me (I can be reserved at first) and they finally exclaim, "You are funny!". Like I pleasantly surprised them.

I have a tender heart towards others.

I cry at all the wrong things, like stupid commercials, or the Lord of the Rings (it's fine.), But I also cry when someone tells me a trial they are going through, be it great or small. Or when they don't tell me and I can see it anyway.

This is not a trait I am proud of so much as I am grateful for. I thank God that he has given me the gift of compassion, so that even when I don't understand, I understand the heartache. And it's not always, it's a trait that I am working hard to grow. But on more than one occasion I know that I have been able to bring comfort to another just by crying with them, or actually knowing what to say. And I am grateful for those people that let me share in their moments of pain.
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  1. AnonymousJune 6, 2012 at 3:26 PM

    Excellent selections. I agree wholeheartedly! And I think that a lot of people don't realize that it's possible to have these traits in the same person....especially 2 and 3. We are, that we might have joy, and we are also commanded to mourn with those that mourn. You excel at both.

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