(the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
V-Video Thursday!!
As I will say outloud (in this here video here), today’s Post is, in a very real sense, a response to Comments from Melanie, Cyndi, Janine, Amy and Rich and them… thanks guys!
About clarkscottroger
Well, what exactly do you want to know? Whether I am a clark or a scott or roger? If you have to ask, then you need to keep reading the Posts for two reasons: a)to get a clear enough understanding to be able to make the determination of which type I am and 2) to realize that by definition I am all three.*
*which is true for you as well, all three...but mostly one
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Sharing, in general, is something with being the mother to two little kids comes up daily in my life. Seriously, I cannot escape this one if I tried, because my kids are always playing with toys or up to something that one doesn’t one to share with the other or vice versa. So, yes this word has brought on a whole new meaning my life in the past few years now. Whereas, sharing meant one thing now it is truly a way of life for me! Thanks for the shout out Clark and seriously loved getting your take on this one and in accordance to the doctrine, too.
@Janine
Well, it is true that your (and the others) reflection of what I write allow me to see how effective I am being. That must be the really difficult part of this ‘writing thing’…knowing what you what others to hear is so only half the battle, picking the words and shaping the sentences and (finally) hearing the echo back… damn
It’s great that you’re getting all sorts of in-depth questions from your posts and that they’re generating more ideas. I watched the video and I have to say, as I listened, I was marveling at how beautiful the countryside is where you are. Just a little observation: introverts tend to live father out (rather than right in the city) and I’m willing to bet that that group tends to comprise a larger number of clarks than anything else. :)
I also would like to everyone who has been commenting lately. I have enjoyed how it has made me look at and or remember certain clarklike characteristics.
Secondly… holy shit! Right before I clicked on the video I read an e-mail from my rogerian sister. I swear to god at the end of one sentence she wrote that she was – “just ruminating:)” (to something referred to earlier)
That word “ruminating”. Coincidence you used this same word in conjunction with rogers? I think not!
Wow, I totally get what you are saying with sharing as an offering. It’s a careful sharing usually, because of that lashing, like you said! But it is how we reach out.
And in reply to Cyndi’s comment – I wonder if Clarks gravitate towards a more peaceful surrounding? I swear, I would live in the middle of no where quite happily! I used to joke as a teenager that I was going to live alone in a cabin on top of a mountain when I grew up. I’m not there…but part of why I chose where I live now was the moderate seclusion it gives me, surrounded by trees and a minimum amount of neighbors to deal with. It’s not that I don’t like people, like many might think. I just like solitude and space to think and be. :)
@Amy
yeah…and that lashing out phenomenon, it is one of those things that having a perspective can help reduce the negative experience that defines them… as a personality type, we do tend to default to taking blame/accepting responsibility way fast, too fast sometimes.
..interesting thing about clarks not just ‘liking’ quiet and solitude but be able to thrive in it…lol
although I suspect urban-living clarks have a way of coping
I remember back in college days, I used to enjoy the being in a club…band playing on 11 and somehow having a feeling of being apart…in the middle of an impossible zone of quiet…made more noticeable by the volume and the people in the place I was, I think that is one of the cases where this ‘Outsider’ metaphor is actualized, experienced in real terms. Will have to consider that as a topic for a Post: ‘the calm within the storm’
Thank you for the thought-provoking Commentation