10/21/2013: The Real Positive Qualities Chart / Guitar
S: 9:47pm
E: 10:53pm
Note: To see the small-print, drag the picture to the top to make a new tab.
So, as promised in my last blog, here is the Positive
Qualities Chart developed by Jim Downs.
Let me retype some of the instructions they gave me:
[From handout]
Purpose & Philosophy: Whatever you focus on, you
personify. Whatever you experience becomes
a part of your being. You can become
better than you are by choosing and acting on your positive ideas and ideals.
History of the Chart: Love, truth, beauty, and goodness are
the foundation upon which all qualities are build and the culmination of all
reality. If these are the central
values, what others are important and what would be the relationship among
them? The Chart and book are my answers
to these questions.
Facts: There are
1,000 qualities on the Chart which were taken from a list of over 2,300. The Chart took six years to catalog,
organize, and design. Each quality has a
wedge of qualities situated in front or behind appropriate related
qualities. These relationships flow out
from and into the center – a sort of visual thesaurus.
[From brochure]
Positive Qualities are the basic and universal building
blocks of life. Being positive enhances
your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being. We each embody a wide range of qualities and
you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how many of these gifts you already
possess. Growth is assured with your
conscious, sincere, intelligent and playful effort. Keep up the good work.
Acquiring qualities creates a feeling of real accomplishment
and gives a genuine boost to your self-esteem.
Share the powerful and tender force of Love by your willingness to
understand and sympathize with others.
As you look at the chart, identify with a quality and see
yourself experiencing it in your life.
For example, if you need humor, open yourself to the lighter side in
your daily events. Or, picture a
situation and imagine what the ideal collection of qualities should be as you
live out the scene.
…
Ahh, too much typing.
Ok, so there is the gist of it. I
can type fast, around 80-90 wpm average, but right now I’m running out of time.
Tomorrow may be another long day like
today.
Before I get to my happenings today, I want to talk about
the chart. I do find this chart useful
to keep track of my personal growth. As
you can see from the big picture, I have it taped to the wall. The ones with a black dot are the ones I feel
I have. I am not done evaluating myself
yet. Best of all, having this chart
serves as a visual reminder to improve myself.
I recommend everyone good to download the picture and to look at the
values that you share.
Ok, about today.
Whew. I was supposed to get my
blue autistic guitar two days go but when the USPS came, twice, there was no
one to sign-in or track the package. I
was so pissed. I was in my room at that
time! The thing is, I live in the back
of the house, with separate rooms.
Therefore, I couldn’t hear whether the post-person knocked on the front
door or not. The only way for me to
receive the package is to physically be at the front porch and wait for the
delivery-person to arrive, which is just what I did. I set my alarm to 8:30am because that was
about the time when the person came the first time. I waited outside from 8:45 to around 9:45 and
no one showed up. I had my fold-up ACU
Army chair with books and my mp3 player.
However, I spent most of that time praying, singing, and walking
around. Waiting outside for people to
come reminds me of a few memories from the Army. In the Army, we too have to wait outside a
lot. I miss those times. I remember once when I was in Kuwait, I was
one of the three soldiers selected to go to another U.S. base to “watch” the
equipment until the forward unit who is supposed to relieve us arrived. So here I was, in a sea of military trucks
and Humvees just standing there waiting for my shift to close so the next
soldier can relieve me. I would have my
cellphone ready in case something happens.
And I would also have the same field chair with my ACU backpack next to
it. I would walk around and sing, pray,
read the Bible, and eat. The lot where I
patrol is pretty big so I have to walk a bit to make sure everything is covered. I also enjoy the feeling of being by
myself. I imagine once the stillness
ends and the forward unit arrives, there will be a locust of activity where I
stand. I actually have a picture of myself.
Here I am, in a special mission. This is a picture taken of me during
night-time in my quarters typing, you guessed it, a blog. We also spend a lot of time transporting
materials around the site.
Anyways, back to my story. So the mail-person didn’t come. I figured he or she will come again around
noontime, because that was when that person came the second time. I texted S (inital) that I wouldn’t be able to
attend the prayer meeting because I have to “watch” for the mail-person. So I waited outside again from 11:30am to
around 12:30pm and still the cavalry didn’t come. Using the journey-approach, I took measures
and biked to the UPS store in downtown El Paso.
The staff told me, because of a special arrangement, my mail is with the
USPS. So, I biked back and drove to the
post office where my zip code is at, which is pretty far away. I got there and the staff there told me they
moved my area to another post office. So
I drove there and the staff then told me because the sender designated it as a
business address (which it’s not), the package is still en route with the
mail-person. Therefore, they don’t have
it. Oh my goodness. Luckily, and I forgot to mention it, I made a
note to the UPS deliverer (forgot to change to USPS) to call me to verify the
package. I’m so glad I made that note
because while I was buying groceries at Wal-Mart near-by, the delivery-person
texted me and told me the package is at the front of the house. I’m so glad when I heard that. All this work, all this effort, for
nothing. Well, not really nothing, I
still learn some values and gained some experience.
I ordered the acoustic guitar in part because I wanted to
help play for Intervarsity. The members
there encouraged me to join them.
However, I might have trouble because their practice session conflicts
with my volunteering time and I may be too busy to help. I still want to remain optimistic so I
brought the guitar. I also already have
an electric guitar, unfortunately, I realized its downfalls. I thought the electric guitar would be the
jack-of-all trades because with the amp, I can adjust the volume to however I
want. I developed a portable system
where I put the amp in my backpack and connect the wires to my guitar. There, I can walk and play and sing. The downfall to my system is that it’s not
portable enough. I have classes all day
(on Thursdays) and I bicycle to school.
By the time I’m done with my classes, I’m already tired. I don’t want to lug a heavy electric guitar
with a loaded backpack to school. With
my acoustic guitar, I can just use that
as a backpack and bike my way to school.
Maybe I made a mistake. Maybe I’m
just being lazy. I just wasted $35 on
that guitar. Oh, did I tell you I only
spent $35 on it? I was comparison shopping
and I found this guitar on Amazon. It is
both cheap and of good quality, based on numerous customer reviews. I got the guitar today and it is
beautiful. It also comes with a flimsy
bag, a pitch-pipe, and a spare set of strings.
I could take a picture of myself with it and post it on Facebook
sometime.
Ok, so there is my daily double. I want to close this entry so I have a bit of
time for myself, God, and to prepare to sleep.
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