All through my life I have been an introvert.

 

I learned this word “Introvert” during my early years of graduation along with a couple of related words “Extrovert” and “Ambivert” through Norman Lewis’s brilliant book “Word power Made easy”.

 

After the knowledge lamp lighted I made some unsuccessful attempts to make a conscious shift in my personality towards being extrovert which landed me in some embarrassing situations and I dared not give any thought in that regard anymore.

Then the benchmark was reset, to be an ambivert. Little did I know that this is the personality a perfect human being can have – a personality one should aim at.

 

Now almost eight years have been past and I have been the same – an introvert – nay now I am an enlightened introvert.

 

Now, what’s that – Enlightened introvert? See, only introverts can invent these phrases, extroverts are too busy for these kinds of invention.

 

An enlightened introvert in my opinion is the guy (gal implied) who:

 

  • Religiously spends time end of the day to reflect back on the day’s activities – sometimes makes point, jots down some experiences that touch him.
  • Is pretty much uncomfortable in a big gathering sometimes in a group as small as 10 people make him uncomfortable. He would love to spend personal quality time individually or in small groups (of 2 to 3) but all in a group a strict no no.
  • Has a higher dose of the book – Individually Clever, Collectively Stupid by Prof. V.S. Raghunath.
  • Who knows exactly what bores him and never feels uncomfortable in expressing the same.
  • Who is amused by the conversations and histrionic attitudes of younger folks and feels how things have lost meaning of late and values have become shallow.
  • Who reads Hillary Clinton’s smiling face as if this is a cheap novel, and imagines how much effort she might be putting in everyday looking at mirror smiling (rather changing the face structures) and clapping – Silly Hilly.

 

So, end of all these – I am still an introvert and would love to be that way, in the same frame of mind, for the rest of my life unless otherwise some greater force takes over and changes the course of my life. For, there is so much scope for silent observations and knowledge an extrovert personality may miss in the course of his work and life in order to amuse a crowd, which itself is amusing.

 

A life of reflection, of balanced planning, and execution saturated with love is a life worth living and worth enjoying.