Animals

I read a line the other day that said something like small minds think about people, medium sized minds think about events, and large minds think about ideas. I suspect that I am more of an idea person, which makes me feel good because that would mean I have a large mind, and bigger is better, right? Well, maybe, maybe not. But it does give us another way of classifying people.

You have no doubt heard the term "political animal". This gives us a clue to another scale for measuring human behavior. Some people are power seeking, they thrive on intrigue and gossip. They want to be in charge. I don't know why, I think it must just be their nature. Other people just want to putter in their own little domain and not be bothered. We could call them power avoiding, maybe.

And then there is "inclusiveness" versus "exclusiveness". Some people are dividers. You can tell who they are by their tendency to blame "them". It's not our fault, it's all because of those other guys, the communists, the Republicans, the socialists, the pagans, the Democrats, the Presbyterians, the Muslims, whoever. Often they leave out the title, but then proceed to describe their qualities that leaves no doubt in your mind just who they are talking about.

Everybody at some time or another talks about how great it would be to be rich, but most people aren't really interested in being rich. All they really want is a little comfort, a little security, and something interesting to do. Of course interests vary. Some people like to play golf, some people like to work, some like to watch TV, and some like to write on their blog.