Oh Jean a 9 - my son is a 9 with a one wing and having tested I learned I am a 5 with a 6 wing - reading it fits - what was astounding and wonderful for me to learn is that all these years I had various goals with a
todo list and I've had the most difficult time with follow up - sometimes all would go well and I was on my way but more often than not I was either stuck or feeling like I was dragging myself through mud up to my knee caps.
Well - it turns out just because the various books about getting things done and focus and...and...and said this or that was the way - all those recommendations were driving my todo list
and were not at all in keeping with my Enneagram but had everything to do with my stress line of a negative 7 - if I had focused on the positive nature of my 5 I would have accomplished so much more.
Result, I have developed an entirely new way to move forward and some of the 'needs' I have to clear out this house I now better understand and so, where I will continue to clear out for practical reasons as I've aged, I can do it without feeling so desperate or guilty about it. I know it sounds crazy at my age but I am getting ready for the next phase of my life.
I think it is Genny who is planning to lead the discussion on the
Joy Luck Club - she is out of the country just now and when she is back, the weeks before her Latin classes begin, is when she is planning a book discussion.
Just thought - It will be fun to determine the Enneagram for the three men in that boat that they take down, or is it up the Themes - I believe there is a dog involved as well - It takes place in the 1889 and I bet the characters are representing aspects of British society - have not read it but this copy sounds intriguing "Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog): New Illustrated Edition with 67 Original Drawings by A. Frederics, a Detailed Map of Tour, and a Photo of the Three Men"
So many books over the years with the river connecting and developing the character of those who frequent the river. Just saw again, after years and years "A River Runs Through It" an early Brad Pitt movie - it too does not have a lot of drama and it is only after seeing the movie and letting it sit that I could catch the theme which was still sketchy at best - the Brad Pitt character certainly pushed the envelop in life but then needed to stay in town where as, the older brother who seemed much more conservative and settled is the one who goes a field to both collage and later for his job - interesting...
I'm expecting a similar dichotomy while reading
Three Men... if nothing else, to become aware again how during this time in history leisure was a given and taken for the middle and upper class - I think I shared how after all these years I am finally into
Pickwick Papers and there too, a group of men have the leisure to toss any
todo list or calendar and hospitality was a normal lifestyle between folks of a similar class. Today, the intensity is to successfully create a business or climb the ladder with only certain weeks set aside for vacation - certainly we do not see 30 and 40 year old men traveling leisurely on either a river or the country side for weeks or months on end without a particular purpose but just to travel.
Even after retirement - oh there may be a bucket list but the idea of just visiting others for weeks on end to enjoy life and leisure activities together, with our joyfully opening our home to friends for the same purpose is just not done. Most folks no longer even have a guest room unless their family needs a room when they come to visit over the holidays or for time during the summer. Our idea of hospitality sure has changed and so I am anxious to see the change in attitude that will be apparent in both these river stories...
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