Jnd224

More about me:

"We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love." - Dr. Seuss

Meaningful connections with others are very important to me. That's a big part of why I studied counseling. I really thrive on deep and personal conversations. Community is also something I value highly. While I do enjoy being social, I also have a wildly independent streak.

I am pretty much the epitome of INFP. This means that I am indeed a dreamer and an idealist. My head is usually stuck in the clouds. I am a complex person but prefer a rather simple lifestyle. I don't find myself wrapped up in the materialistic culture. I suppose that I lead a pretty wholesome lifestyle but don’t necessarily require the same of my partner. I’m probably wholesome enough for both of us

You can call me a liberal if you want, but that's another box that I don't fit neatly into. Peace, social justice, and servanthood are important to me. I am probably the least competitive and most pacifistic person you could ever meet. I have been volunteering with a restorative justice program for the past few years and never ceased to be amazed at how incredible this program is.

Spirituality is a major focus of my life and is something I can’t seem to separate from any other aspect of my life. I am deeply committed to a faith community but also celebrate the diversity of ways in which God connects with humanity. While I am fairly grounded in Lutheran theology, my worldview is also colored by existential/postmodernism and Franciscan spirituality. For me, it's more about searching for meaning than being correct.

People are usually surprised to find that I am from Texas. It will always be home in a way that no other place ever will be, but Colorado is where I really belong. I do consider myself to be outdoorsy. As a child, I wanted to be a forest ranger when I grew up. During college, I was certain that I could just be a camp counselor for the rest of my life. I grew up in the country in a home where we spent every evening sitting on the porch doing nothing but watching the deer go by. This may not seem significant, but I think it is. This provided me with a strong foundation for a slower, contemplative, and patient lifestyle.

I just finished grad school and am excited to see where the path leads next. Vocationally, I have primarily worked in various settings with the elderly and disabled as well as with teenagers. That I am drawn to these two populations sums me up pretty well. I am basically an old soul with a childlike sense of wonder.

I have a pretty good sense of what I am attracted to but am open to being surprised. Qualities that I am most drawn to include: kindness, gentleness, creativity, passion, radical trust in God, an appreciation for life's complexities and paradoxes, a love for serving others, intellectual yet humble, a believer in commitment, non-materialistic, pacifistic, openness with feelings, adventurous, deep thinker, independent, spiritual depth