Alcohol

I have never had that much experience with alcohol. I have never had a drink for myself. I have had a few sips of my aunt’s, brother’s or sister’s drink, but that is it. I guess I was kind of sheltered from everything that it has to do with. I think I was pretty naïve because when people I knew in high school started drinking, it shocked me. Or, when I heard of people that were at certain parties and had something to drink, I was surprised because I never thought of them doing that.

I am much more aware now of alcohol because it is more prevalent and because I am surrounded by more people who are over 21 and are able to drink. Just a few weeks ago I went to a Campus Crusade for Christ event for Cal Poly Pomona, and there were empty beer cans lying around everywhere. I think that kind of shocked me because I would expect more out of a Christian group that is supposed to be representing Christ.

My personal conviction is that I will never drink alcohol. Even when I turn 21, I do not plan on having alcohol. I think as a follower of Christ, that I can be a better example and witness for completely abstaining from it. I do not like what it can do to people and I do not want to risk that for me.

My strengths have weaknesses.

My strengths are able to work against me if I do not use them wisely. Also, I look forward to seeing what I will do with my strengths in the next semester.

Woo can be used against me because I could go up to strangers and possibly offend them with my energy. This could also be negative because I may not be a good distinguisher of the other persons mood. I need to be careful to know when people want to talk and when people do not want to talk. In the next semester, I would like to be confident in talking to every kind of person randomly. I do not want to be shy about talking to people or getting to know people.

Individualization could be used against me if I focus too much on myself or on one person in particular and don't spent enough time with other people and spreading my self out more. I need to be careful to get to know not just one person, but lots of people. This semester I would like to develop several intimate relationships where people feel comfortable talking to me and get to know me better.

Activator could very easily be used against me. I could see how I can appear impatient and how I could quickly become impatient if things don't go the exact way that I want them to at the time I want them to happen. This semester I would like to learn how to be more patient and considerate of other peoples time frames and what they are capable of doing at that specific time.

I do not really see how my belief could be used against me. Maybe it could be bad if I have a belief about something very strongly and don't have an open mind to listen to what someone else has to say. That could be hard to listen to other peoples perspective. I want this semester for everyone to know me as having this strength. I wand my reputation to be the girl with belief. I want to be able to bring God into every conversation and not be even a little bit ashamed of Him.

Relator could be used against me because people could see my bluntness and take it as "wow she really doesn't love me. I need to make it clear to people that I do love them and the reason I am being blunt is because I relate to what they are going through and am telling them things that I know will help them in the long run even if they don't want to hear it right then. This semester I want to have relationships that I can relate to and try to help out situations with. This would be good if I were able to have mentoring opportunities.