Series: Recovering Desire

In the sci-fi thriller movie The Giver, emotion is seen to be the cause of all terrible things in this world.  Therefore, an injection is given to every person, every morning, to numb all emotion.  The screen color is black and white and gray as if signifying how dull everything is when emotion is deleted from the human experience.  Everyone just goes through life without feeling… until one young man gets curious.  Jonas wonders what it is like to feel and why everyone is trying to stop him from doing so.

Series: The Enneagram Letters

To my Enneagram Nine friends:

I love your heart. You are some of the kindest and most open people on the earth. You make the best of friends and companions. Your kindness makes the world such a better place. The way that you listen, hear the person and see them is so rare. You may not feel like you have a lot to say, but you don’t always need to because your presence is powerful. You heal hurting hearts just by being present and showing up. You create the container and nurturing that the seed of love can grow. I am blown away by your patience with those people and things that inconvenience and interrupt you. You allow space for everyone and everything… what a gift!

Series: The Enneagram Letters

To my beloved seven brothers and sisters:

I love your heart.  You have an uncanny ability to sniff out fun, play and adventure.  What is already good you want to make great.  What is already fun you want to make delightful.  And if it doesn’t ruin it, you will invite others into this joy as well.  You live life to the full and don’t hold back.  The limitations and considerations that hold others and keep them stuck don’t seem to have the same hold on you.  You see what could be when most others see what is or what was.  You find goodness in the mud, pick it up, wipe it off and hold it close.  Often sevens really do love themselves and can teach others how to do so as well.  There is no secret to what you want or what you are willing to do to get it.  

Series: The Enneagram Letters

To my Enneagram Five friends 

I love your heart.  You find such beauty and safety in thoughts and understanding.  You have a great desire to know and gather information, like a little child in awe, curious and delighting in this fairytale world.  To get to know a type five is to get to know their passion points, whether it is the world of medicine, the history of the Civil War, philosophy or any other fascinating area of study and interaction.  You teach the world the value of solitude and silence.  You have made an art out of how to truly be by yourself and enjoy autonomy and independence.  Your honesty and forthrightness is refreshing if sometimes bluntly challenging to those in your world.  Thank you for your deliberate intentionality in answering questions to the fullest extent of your ability.  Even if it takes you a few days to do some research or internal processing, it is worth waiting to receive the treasure trove you have gathered.

Series: The Enneagram Letters

To my Enneagram Three friends.

I love your heart.  In the very dance of the creation of everything, God’s THREE energy is the deep resonating song that animates everything, bringing about that which was never known before.  What fearless beauty you have as you dance through the world with this energy and song!  Those around you are inspired and in awe, drawn to your mysterious magnetism.  We somehow feel safe and purposeful when we are with you.  Receive your applause, your flowers, the deep gratefulness of those you have offered to and take your bow, you deserve it!  We honor you!