Yesterday (well, actually I believe it was this morning), the following paragraph was written:

"Or maybe that personality comes pre-packaged with all of our character traits- our strengths and weaknesses, and our goal in this life (living on Earth, I mean) is to take the bits of our personality that shine through (for we cannot immediately see all aspects of it) and improve upon them, eventually becoming what our God sees- His divine daughter, with a radiant personality. Eventually expanding on our strengths and strengthening our weaknesses, until we come to a junction where we abandon imperfection for perfection, student for teacher."

What is personality? Or rather, how do each our individual personalities fit in with the grand eternal scheme of things? Are we born with our personality, or is it something that we develop over time? This sounds rather like the nature vs. nurture question, and perhaps the real answer to both lies somewhere in the middle. However, I'd like to explore the idea that we are born with our personality.

Perhaps when we are born our personality comes along. It is (when I state things like they are fact, please remember that they are actually mere speculation) pre-packaged with all of our character traits- our strengths and weaknesses, quirks, preferances and dislikes. However, we aren't aware of all of the different facets of our personality. We don't know what we can become. There are some aspects of it that we can see, and these we work with, improving on them, developing them. More and more becoming who God knows who we can be because our personality was designed by Him (the great Creator).

I think church callings illustrate this point. I have never thought of myself as a leader-type of person. I theorized- I'll take the lead when no one else does, but usually I'm not the leader "type". However, I have been called to young womens' class presidencies, and am now on dance committee. Are these not leadership-type positions? I think so. And lately, I have found myself wishing for a type of leadership position, just so that I can make a difference and see the effects of it. Carry out ideas. Perhaps I just need to go to more dance committee meetings to satisfy this, and to act on what we talk about! ;)

Heavenly Father knows how great a person we can each be because He designed our personality. It is our responsiblity in this life to find out who we are, and to build our personality on what we are given. To discover who we are and direct who we become from there.

Or something like that. Or maybe the truth is something quite the opposite.

But anyhow, it's an interesting idea.