Dr. Phil's Test

Hi Friends,  I took the following test and scored a 41...see how you do!  It's kind of fun if you have time on your hands...haha...It is Dr. Phil after all...Great for a Monday morning!

"The following test is pretty accurate and it only takes a few minutes.
Don't peek!
Answers are for who you are now and not who you were in the past.
This is a real test given by Human Relations Departments at many of the major corporations today. It helps them get better insight concerning their employees and in their prospective employees.
There are 10 Simple questions, so grab a pencil and paper. Record your letter answers to each question.



Ready?   Begin.


1. When do you feel your best...

A) in the morning

B) during the afternoon and early evening

C) late at night


2. You usually walk...

A) fairly fast, with long steps

B) fairly fast, with little steps

C) less fast head up, looking the world in the face

D) less fast, head down

E) very slowly


3. When talking to people you...

A) stand with your arms folded

B) have your hands clasped

C) have one or both your hands on your hips

D) touch or push the person to whom you are talking

E) play with your ear, touch your chin, or smooth your hair


4. When relaxing, you sit with..

A) your knees bent with your legs neatly side by side

B) your legs crossed

C) your legs stretched out or straight

D) one leg curled under you


5. When something really amuses you, you react with...

A) big appreciated laugh

B) a laugh, but not a loud one

C) a quiet chuckle

D) a sheepish smile



6. When you go to a party or social gathering you...

A) make a loud entrance so everyone notices you

B) make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know

C) make the quietest entrance, trying to stay unnoticed


7. You're working very hard, concentrating hard, and you're interrupted...

A) welcome the break

B) feel extremely irritated

C) vary between these two extremes



8. Which of the following colors do you like most.....

A) Red or orange

B) black

C) yellow or light blue

D) green

E) dark blue or purple

F) white

G) brown or gray


9. When you are in bed at night, in those last few moments before going to sleep you are.....

A) stretched out on your back

B) stretched out face down on your stomach

C) on your side, slightly curled

D) with your head on one arm

E) with your head under the covers


10. You often dream that you are...

A) falling

B) fighting or struggling

C) searching for something or somebody

D) flying or floating

E) you usually have dreamless sleep

F) your dreams are always pleasant




POINTS:

1. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6

2. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 2 (e) 1

3. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 7 (e) 6

4.. (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 1

5. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 2

6. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2

7. (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 4

8. (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 4 (e) 3 (f) 2 (g) 1

9. (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2 (e ) 1

10 (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 6 (f) 1

Now add up the total number of points.


OVER 60 POINTS: Others see you as someone they should "handle with care." You're seen as vain, self-centered, and extremely dominant.. Others may admire you, wishing they could be more like you, but don't always trust you, hesitating to become too deeply involved with you.


51 TO 60 POINTS: Others see you as an exciting, highly volatile, rather impulsive personality, a natural leader, who's quick to make decisions, though not always the right ones. They see you as bold and adventuresome, someone who will try anything once, someone who takes chances and enjoys an adventure. They enjoy being in your company because of the excitement you radiate.


41 TO 50 POINTS: Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing, practical, and always interesting, someone who's constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently well-balanced not to let it go to their head. They also see you as kind, considerate, and understanding, someone who'll always cheer them up and help them out.


31 TO 40 POINTS: Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful & practical. They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest. Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who's extremely loyal to friends you do make and who expects the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you, realize it takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but equally that it takes you a long time to get over if that trust is ever broken.


21 TO 30 POINTS: Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy.. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It would really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment, expecting you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then, usually decide against it. They think this reaction is caused partly by your careful nature.


UNDER 21 POINTS: People think you are shy, nervous, and indecisive, someone who needs looking after, who always wants someone else to make the decisions and who doesn't want to get involved with anyone or anything! They see you as a worrier who always sees problems that don't exist. Some people think you're boring. Only those who know you well, know that you aren't."



What's your score?

Thomas Merton wrote...

"Hope not because you think you can be good, but because God loves us irrespective of our merits and whatever is good in us comes from His love, not from our own doing."  by Thomas Merton

Mork and Mindy

We met them this weekend and now want to introduce you to them.  Mark and Becky Mindek tell us they are often mistaken for Mork and Mindy.  It's because of their names, of course, but in my opinion, the work they're involved in for CMA (Christian & Missionary Alliance) in Macedonia is definitely out of this world.  They've ministered in Bitole, Macedonia for ten years, along with rearing their two beautiful daughters, the oldest one married and expecting their first grandchild.

Our church supports this missionary family, and this weekend Jay and I had the opportunity to meet them for the first time. Saturday afternoon, we started out with lasagne at our friend's house (she's sitting next to Jay), and Mark and Becky are to her left and another good friend is at their left.

Xuse the backlighting, but there's more...be patient.

Next photo please. Whoops, that AZ sun is wrecking our photos!

Is this what happens to a missionary man after being in the field for ten years?  No one, I mean NO ONE takes me seriously when I say "smile" for this photo.  After dinner, we motored on over to our house to host several other couples and to hear about Mindek's work in Bitole.  It was a wonderful evening in our home--so good, I forgot to snap photos.

Here we are at church on Sunday morning. This is the Macedonian artifacts table with dolls wearing the traditional clothing of "ancient" Macedonia (they dress western-style nowadays).

A close-up of the dolls and the jar of Ajvar, which contents we got to sample.  Ajvar is a traditional pepper relish the families in Macedonia get together to make like we might gather with family to put up canned goods.  They make a festive day of cooking, using all fresh ingredients, the main one being beautiful large shiny red peppers.  It's served on french bread and topped with cheese...yummmm.

Check out this link for "a" recipe for this relish...recipes would vary from tradition to tradition, but I liked this one as it seemed to include the same ingredients we saw go into the process of making it the sauce in photos presented by Mindeks.

http://www.grouprecipes.com/107328/ajvar-spread.html

This is "Biljana," a young Macedonian women modeling the traditional costume.  A beautiful dark green embroidered vest should have topped off this outfit, but it was too small for this "doll" to get on.  BTW, I didn't want to give the boots back.  They were classy and comfortable.

A close-up of Becky and Biljana. Am I blessed or what?

Here's Mark doing his power-point presentation at the Douglas's house on Monday night.  We had a lot of questions and learned a few facts about the people and the culture Mindeks work with.  Before CMA's  go to a mission field, they are required to learn the language and customs, which help them to adjust and fit in better, and to more effectively come alongside their new friends.  They minister not only to the Macedonian people, but also bring the Good News of grace to the Albanian and Gypsy cultures by mentoring their leaders and pastors in the Evangelical  Church in Bitole.  They shared so many wonderful stories with us, but so many more they could tell if they'd and we'd had more time.

(There is NO TIME!--family joke)

The evening ended all too soon and we were forced to say goodnight and goodbye until we meet the next time--maybe in Macedonia?  Well that's up to the Lord.

Goodbye for now Mindeks!  We love you bunches and count it a privilege to have spent these quality times with you here in AZ!

"same kind of different As me"

If you don't want to be inspired to greatness, don't read same kind of different As me, written by Ron Hall and Denver Moore. If, on the other hand, you aspire to shake and move your world, go for it.  I read this fantastic true story, written like a best-selling novel, at my daughter's house in Alabama and promptly bought a copy to bring home to share with the rest of our family and friends. (I had a little time to read when our little guy and his mommy were napping.)

This book has something for everyone. 

For cooks, page 33 has a recipe for Cow-lip Tea. "The way you make cow-lip tea is you get the toadstools and a little dried cow patty and grind em up in the sifter.  You can't use no fresh green cow patty to make no good tea, 'cause you can't grind it. So you take that dried patty, and after you get it ground up like fine powder, you put it in a rag and tie a knot on top. Then you add a little honey to a boilin pot and drop that rage in the water till it bubbles up and turns good and brown. Now you got cow-lip tea." 

For marriage advice, page 69 addresses Deborah and Ray's troubles. "She wanted to spend a couple of months in counseling, she said, so we could figure out what was broken, how it got that way, and how to fix it. 'If you'll do that, 'she said, 'I'll forgive you.' ...it was a gracious offer, considering that I, and not Deborah, had been the traitor. Faster than you can say 'divorce court,' I said yes."   

To learn more about God's goodness, page 155 Denver preaches to Mr. Ron: "Launching into a sermon, he assured me that God didn't make cancer because cancer is not good, and he cautioned me not to blame God for something He didn't make. The theology lesson helped, for a little while."

To witness friendship of the best kind. Page 113. "His brain had filed away everything he had seen over the years, and it seemed he had just been waiting for someone willing to listen. I was privileged to be the first to lend an ear." 

If you feel like a good laugh, a good cry, and an absorbing read, be sure to get a hold of this little book. I think it is one of the best I've read in a while! 

One Year old plus one week ALREADY...

One week ago...our daughter and youngest grand

"Hi Grammy and Grampy!"

Last Saturday in Alabama started out like this. We got to see J take his swimming lessons at this beautiful indoor pool at the YMCA.

  Grammi was trying to get J to look at the camera and look what happened. 

That's a better one, but J's still not posing for his pic.

In the afternoon, we celebrated J's First Birthday. Curious George came too!

J had lots of people to love on him.

 A little tug-a-war with Uncle C

Getting the hang of opening pressies here!

Best and last present from Mommy and Daddy comes later.

J is digging into his smash cake!

"Daddy, Mommy, Me and Momo and Popo"

"Daddy, Mommy, Me, Grammy and Grampy"

 

And now for the BIG SURPRISE!!  A small gift bag

contained this sweet little T-shirt...

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GROWING FAMILY!!!

God bless you real good!  Love, Grammy and Grampy xo

Do you ever feel like this?

I DO when I'm trying to learn how to create and import a collage from Picasa onto my blog as a header!

Escapafacadology

This morning at Southwood Presbyterian (in Huntsville, Alabama), James Parker sang the following song, accompanied by his guitar, in the worship service.  I love the above "ology" word. I met James after the service, and he explained that Escapafacadology is a word Southwood has come up with to encourage people to recognize how many of us tend to wear masks instead of being the beautiful, unique creations God intended for each of us to be. This song ministered to my heart as I continue to learn how not to be "too terrified to be myself."  I hope it blesses you too dear reader as much as it did me.

Escapafacadology, Escapafacadology

I'm an example of the type of guy you always only wished you could be.

I've got a squeaky clean persona, I'm descended from the highest pedigree,

or so it seems...

I've made my home with people I don't really like, and not because I want to.

I'm a chicken in the worst sense of the word because I'm just too terrified

to be myself...

Escapafacadology, Escapafacadology

When I look at all the folks that crowd around me, I'm thinkin it's not that bad,

But all the people I call friends, I don't know for sure if they really have my back,

And I can't blame them...

I feel like no one knows me, and I don't think I'm off the reservation.

Somehow I've stayed underneath their radar, but that's no consolation

at all...

Escapafacadology, Escapafacadology

I can't see your face today, there's a concrete wall that's in the way,

and I'd like to know it's you when I come around.

I'm here to walk this line with you, and I know that it's a painful truth,

this big facade is comin' down,

it's comin' down,

it's comin' down...

Escapafacadology, Escapafacadology

Text and Music: James Parker, copyright 2010

 James Parker gave me permission to share this and to take his photo!

What a lovely young man.  Thank you Lord for inspiring us today through James' talents 

and heart for you!  

www.escapafacadology.com