{"id":106,"date":"2017-05-18T11:55:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T11:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/spiritual-formation-program-collaborative\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2017-11-26T13:44:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T13:44:53","slug":"beths-spiritual-gifts-inventory-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/spiritual-formation-program-collaborative\/for-facilitators\/spiritual-gifts\/beths-spiritual-gifts-inventory-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Beth&#8217;s Spiritual Gifts Inventory List"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">GIFTS FOCUSED TOWARD THE GROUP <\/span><\/h1>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Administration<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love organizing people and things.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can often see exactly how to organize a group to get something done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love managing a group task.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I am good at delegating tasks to others to get things done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I intuitively know who would be good at performing certain tasks\/roles the group needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I sometimes have mental images\/maps\/plans for how to organize a project\/program\/task.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I enjoy organizational detail work and know what needs to happen to get a job done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can arrange logistics so that the intent gets accomplished.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can be frustrated by leaders\u2019 disorganization and know I could do better given a chance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can be bossy when I know how to do a task better than those doing it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can be very critical when people don\u2019t do things my way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I wear myself out when I don\u2019t delegate or try to do it all because I see what needs doing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I get in trouble when I think I have to do everything so it will be done right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I gravitate to place I might be able to use my ability to manage or organize group tasks.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I know how to start something and keep it going\u2014and sometimes don\u2019t know when to quit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Assisting<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I gravitate toward those in leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I instinctively know what help a leader needs to be more effective and can give\/arrange it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I don\u2019t want to be the one in charge, I want to assist the one who is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love being the number two person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I enjoy making arrangements for leaders and helping them in whatever way possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have tried to assist leaders I don\u2019t even know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I would prefer to stay out of the limelight, but love to stand behind those who thrive there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I am very competent at handling behind-the-scenes arrangements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People have accused me of brown-nosing when all I wanted to do was help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ When I take the role of leader, as competent as I am, I somehow mess it up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Coaching<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love being with people when they are learning and growing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People seem to seek me out when they have certain kinds of problems\/questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love to share my \u201cgrowing experiences\u201d with others and to hear theirs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People often trust me to share their difficulties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ Strangers have told me personal information and my listening seemed to help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People say I\u2019m a good listener.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I often have helpful things to say to people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can get in trouble for <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">trying<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\"> to be helpful when my help is not requested.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love relationships where I\u2019m in a mentor-type role, where I watch another grow and learn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People trust me to tell them the truth, even when it\u2019s hard to hear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ In wanting to help others, I can sometimes say too much about my own experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I want to help others become better human beings, whatever the context of our relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love hearing stories of people overcoming hardship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Enthusiasm<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ If I\u2019m excited about something, I want to tell everybody about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ When I get excited about something, I want to get others to join me in it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have an ability to persuade people to come along with me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I feel impelled to share what I know to be good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People sometimes feel my enthusiasm is overwhelming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have a hard time taking no for an answer and will keep trying to persuade people about what I see as good or about what excites me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ When I get excited about something I can be like a puppy dog with boundless energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I enjoy being with people and can talk to just about anybody.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I am always \u201cselling\u201d somebody something, whether ideas, goods, programs or hobbies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can get people to commit to things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I always want others to share what excites me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I always ask others to do things with me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Giving<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ When I see someone in need, I wonder what I can give them to help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love to give people money or things and don\u2019t expect anything in return.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love to give people money, but it seems to sour when I try to control how they spend it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I will loan anybody anything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People know they can get me to give to their causes or count on me to support projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I often wish I had more money to give others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I seem to make money easily and love to give it away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ When I get stingy with my money, I feel emotionally or spiritually constipated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ If I get judgmental and withhold money, I don\u2019t like myself very well. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ If it try to be logical about my desire to give, I can get confused and feel lost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I sometimes act as if a little money can fix anything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Healing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I feel drawn to people who need healing in some physical, emotional or spiritual way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have always imagined myself in a healing profession.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I seem to be able to ease pain by touching people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have healed someone of a physical ailment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I want to learn more about a specific type of healing mind\/body\/spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ When I use my expertise in healing, it seems to have more benefit than my colleagues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Leadership<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People seem to be willing to follow me in certain situations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I seem to be able to energize a group and help it move in a clear direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can see where a group needs to go, even if I don\u2019t have the skills to organize getting there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I am a visionary person and can excite people about what I see for us going forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I want to lead groups because I want what is best for us and know I can take us there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People seem to follow me more readily than others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have to be careful to use my gifts for the good of others, because I can get folks in trouble.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Service<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can see what needs to be done and do it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I believe it\u2019s a moral failing in others when they won\u2019t see or do what needs to be done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I\u2019m always willing to pitch in and help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love to care for the practical needs of others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People call on me often to do things for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ My family has complained that I spend more time helping others than I spend with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ Because I readily see what needs to be done, I often get stuck doing all the practical tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I get bent out of shape by expectations that I\u2019ll do all the little things needing to be done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can feel taken for granted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I sometimes feel what I do isn\u2019t worth much because it isn\u2019t splashy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Shepherding<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I enjoy keeping up with people over time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I get a charge out of caring for\/nurturing a group of people on a regular basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love caring for others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can get bent out of shape when people don\u2019t want the care I offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I enjoy contacting people to see how they\u2019re doing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I sometimes think I\u2019m the glue holding a group together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ It really bothers me to lose track of people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___I really want to know how another is doing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People have said my desire to care for them is suffocating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have bugged people by my insistence on caring for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have gotten upset when people won\u2019t receive my care for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can get upset when people don\u2019t appreciate my care in the ways I want to be appreciated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I always seem to have a flock of people I tend to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Teaching<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love to learn new things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I could study\/research for hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ When someone asks me a question I don\u2019t know, I will go find the answer for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love to give people books to read.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I seem to read more than most people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I am good at digesting information and giving it to others in ways they can use and understand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love teaching people new information\/techniques\/skills\/applications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can be rather judgmental and opinionated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can see the \u201clesson\u201d others need to be learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ If I\u2019m not careful, I can drive people too hard, just like I do myself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I expect a lot of others and want to see them become more competent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ Whether teaching or learning, I like to stay focused on the content of our mutual enterprise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ Because I work hard, I have been accused of brown-nosing or being the teacher&#8217;s pet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love to break down concepts or skills so another can learn it clearly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can get in trouble by needing to point out the obvious lesson in a given situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Upholding<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I often think of people throughout the day and love to hold them warmly in my mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People often come to mind strongly and I worry about them, but don\u2019t know what else to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ When people come strongly to mind, I feel better when I lift them into Light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I often have no words, but love to \u201chold\u201d others in Love or Light or Goodness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ When I pray for people it seems to make a difference somehow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can pray for specific concerns over long periods of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I am faithful when people ask me to pray for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love to stand between those in need and the One I believe can meet their need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have learned afterwards that people I felt compelled to lift up were in difficulty or danger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">GIFTS FOCUSED OUTWARD<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Hospitality<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love creating welcoming spaces for others\u2014whether in my home or at work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love to nurture people by feeding them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I am able to create a welcoming atmosphere in a group so people can feel safe and open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can feel shut down in spaces\/situations that are uninviting or cold. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I seem to be more sensitive to the \u201cfeel\u201d of a place than others.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People have told me my home\/office\/warmth feels safe\/welcoming\/inviting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can get miffed when people don\u2019t appreciate my efforts to create a certain atmosphere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can feel rejected when people don\u2019t eat food I\u2019ve prepared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Inter-Culturalism<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love crossing cultural boundaries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love moving back and forth between cultures or \u201cisms\u201d and seem to do so with ease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I am always concerned that everyone be brought to the table and treated with respect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I seek opportunities to learn about people who are different from me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I would love a job that regularly brings me into contact with people from different backgrounds, nationalities or beliefs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Mercy<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I\u2019m drawn to people who are marginalized or suffering in some way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ When I walk into a room, I gravitate toward those who are in distress of some kind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can be overwhelmed by the pain and suffering of others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ Often I feel as if my heart is breaking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ If I\u2019m not careful I can be taken for granted because I have such a soft heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I\u2019ve been accused of always picking up \u201cwounded birds.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I am moved easily by others\u2019 pain\/suffering\/distress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have opened my home and heart to people in need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have given away things my family needed because someone needed it more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Miracles<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have known at times that if I walk into a certain situation, it will be better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have been empowered to participate in situations where I knew if I was obedient, something would transpire to touch and change the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have been a conduit for the power of God to do things no human could do alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have witnessed miraculous healing\/transformation after praying for someone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Oversight<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I often find myself wondering how other organizations like mine do things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I desire to work with an umbrella organization that will give the opportunity to nurture similar but different groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love to travel and work with diverse groups of people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ If often find myself involved in state, regional or national level activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I tend to be innovative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I don\u2019t care what others think of me\u2014I just want what is best for the larger cause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I get bent out of shape by people claiming, \u201cwe\u2019ve always done it this way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ Even when I was young I wanted to tend to the connections between groups more than stay in one group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have a strong concern for the strong foundations of the larger cause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Speaking<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People are always telling me how something I said or wrote touched them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I\u2019ve spoken publicly in many settings, but when I speak from the heart, someone always reports being touched.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I seem to be able to move people when speaking publicly or through the written word.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">GIFTS OF PERCEPTION<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Alignment<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I am often clear about what is good and what is not in a given situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I am always trying to get people to readjust to the deeper good I see possible for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ At times I feel a deep need to name what is \u201cwrong\u201d with a group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have felt strongly at times that I have a word a group needs to hear and heed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love it (or feel relieved) when I share words or understandings that come to me for a particular situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People have accused me of being tactless and judgmental.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have made people mad by suggesting a group needs to change or do something differently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have gotten in trouble for stating what I understand (\u201csee\u201d) at the wrong time or place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I often complain about not being heard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have been \u201cbeaten up\u201d for sharing what I see\/hear\/know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ In groups, I often want to hold up an alternative vision of what <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">might<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\"> be and call them to it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have had words or ideas come to me that I know I have to speak in a given situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ When I know something a group needs to hear and take seriously, I have trouble just saying it and letting it go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I get into trouble when I confuse speaking what I know\/see\/hear with making it happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have been called a troublemaker or a crank.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I bear a deep concern for my people to be well rooted and grounded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I am deeply pained when my people aren\u2019t grounded where I know they should be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Discernment<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can \u201csee\u201d another person\u2019s emotional or spiritual state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I sense the energy emanating from people or interactions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I get \u201cvibes\u201d about people or places.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can feel the energy\u2014positive or negative\u2014of places and groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have made people angry by telling them things about themselves they didn\u2019t want to hear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I know what people to avoid for self-protection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I know when people are deeply disturbed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can be judgmental about people because of what I \u201csee\u201d about them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I seem to be more sensitive to the \u201cfeel\u201d of a place than others.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Knowings<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I sometimes know things about others that I have no \u201clogical\u201d way of knowing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I sometimes know information I haven\u2019t learned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I sometimes know what will happen next.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People wonder sometimes how I know things they haven\u2019t told me about themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have knowings that are almost always proved true later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have scared myself or others by knowing things I shouldn\u2019t know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Translation<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can understand another\u2019s heart\/spirit without understanding the words they\u2019re using.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can sometimes understand what people are saying when their words don\u2019t make sense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I often translate between groups who use different \u201clanguages.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I have had the experience of understanding a language I never learned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I am often able to communicate across language barriers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can communicate with people from many different backgrounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I intuitively know how to speak to another so I\u2019m most likely to be heard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I love to play with words and language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I learn languages easily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I\u2019m fascinated with ways to communicate and seem to be good in many situations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Trust<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I am at times able to trust in my well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I trust people and situations when it isn\u2019t quite logical.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ I can go with the flow at times because I trust everything will turn out OK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ Sometimes I know in my bones good things will come out of hard or painful circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ When I do step into trust, I can let go of control and fear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ People sometimes think I\u2019m crazy because I believe everything will work out for the good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">___ When I can stand in trust, I feel much better than when I doubt or question the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: medium\">Wisdom<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span 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