I've enjoyed this thread. I believe I have a few words to add into the mix though.
I believe some of my family members are NTs. I love them to death. And I know that they love me, even if we don't get along the best. They often tell me that I'm too sensitive and things like that. I
am sensitive. It's not something that I can change. It's something that I can grow from, and learn how to react differently towards. There's a saying that I know. "No one can help how they feel, but they can help how they
react to that feeling." And we're all based upon feeling-
and logic. It's to different degrees for each of us, as we're each individuals, meaning unique. (That's mainly for anyone reading this thread who may have forgotten this.) As such, we're not meant to be exactly like someone else. And what a boring and static world if we were. Carbon copies. Where's the excitement? Where's the reason for breathing? I mean, we'd more or less know what was going to happen in our daily lives anyway. What would be the point? It's nice, in my opinion anyway, that we
are all different. Our differences complement each other's wonderfully. We're alike enough in the human experience to have common ground to base a relationship on, yet different enough in being individuals to be able to keep things fresh and at least a little exciting. And that's a good recipe for a relationship,
any relationship. But also think about this... And yes, I'm getting this from a book.
It's a good book. Laugh if you wish.
The Tao Te Ching. "When the Master governs, the people are hardly aware that he exists. Next best is a leader who is loved. Next, one who is feared. The worst is one who is despised." That was chapter 17. Let me point this out though. It is not based on emotion vs logic. It is based on positivity vs negativity. Anyone of any type can be despised if they use what they have in a self-serving manner. The opposite is also true. Anyone can be adored and loved if they use what they have in a manner that gives to themselves and to others as well. That is all. Thank you.