Discovering and Understanding My Personality

I am a very focused person. I am intense!
A dear friend of mine who knows me well created a David Letterman “Top Ten List of Things You Should Know about Nolen Rollins.” Item number one was, “Nolen has the ugliest golf swing in the world, but he will take that swing and his focus on winning and beat you.” (Well, at least the first half of this statement is true all the time.)

I do not remember all the items on the list but I do remember points number two, six, and ten. They were all the same. “Nolen is a little intense!” You see my friend, Bill, is a very laid back, slow moving guy. He sees me as extremely intense. He is accurate. That is how God has hard-wired me.

Different Strokes for Different Folks

Each of us has a natural, God-given personality. While many of us may be similar, each of us is still very different. Clarice, my wife of over forty years, is the sweetest, warmest, kindest person in the world. She gets great pleasure in serving others. I often tell people, “I am of all men most blessed. My wife has the gift of serving and I have the gift of bossing!” (Bossing is not one of the “spiritual” gifts.)

I have a friend, Charles, who is a very deliberate, disciplined individual. He is consistent and methodical in his approach to life. Another friend, Rodger, is a story teller. You can mention any situation of life and Rodger has an interesting story from his never-ending mental storybook that fits that situation. (Seriously, I think he makes up some of them.)
Each of us has a natural, God-given personality.