Strengths' Negatives

God gives us strengths... yet we can also abuse our strengths into being something negative, rather than something that helps ourselves and others.

Relator---> If I spend so much time trying to get closer to my quality friends, I may lose people I am more "aquiantences" with. That may ultimately be a loss of an awesome future friendship. I may also fail to recognize a stranger that really needs a friend and/or someone to talk to.

Belief---> I believe so strongly in my morals and values and most importantly in my religion and relationship with Christ that I can become close minded to others' opinions and ideas. I also lose a lack of ambition to find out more because I already believe in what I believe in and I won't ever change that. Knowledge is power though and focusing so blindly on what I believe may shut me off from that knowledge I could acquire.

Input---> I feel a little differently about the negative side of this strength than some might. I think the downfall of it comes to me in my education. When i use this "strength" improperly, I just store the facts I need to know for homework, quizzes, tests, etc. instead of actually learning and aknowledging the facts and theories. I memorize rather than learn.

Positivity---> I'm not sure I feel there is really a concrete or solid negativity of this strength. If anything I would say that sometimes I get tired of being so positive sometimes, but when those times come I feel like I have to hold everyone else up. I get tired of being the stronghold of happiness when really I just want a break to fall apart and show how I really feel. Feeling like I have to be the example can be exhausting physically and definately emotionally... also spiritually.

Developer---> I guess the negative of this strength could be focusing too much on what improvements others could make. It could turn into thinking that no one is ever good enough if focused upon too heavily. Also, I could get so sucked in to helping others improve and strive that I forget about my own improvements to be made.