None whatsoever, dear Run.
And please do stick around the thread. We like having you here.
Amen to absolutely everything that has been said. It's all me, all of it... especially the burning passion/flame analogy. It's weird, because I can even get passionate about the mundane things of life,
Yes!! That's it exactly! Like NOTHING seems to register a half-baked feeling or response. And it's not a shouting screaming thing either. It's just this constant low-level intensity.
and you know, maybe that's why ENFJs in particular burn out quicker than other extroverted types (or at least that's how it is with me).
My sister, the ENFP, is more extroverted than I am and (I hate to use this term because it makes me sound like a fluctuating lunatic) "even-keeled". I've often used elemental signs to describe her and myself and our friends/family. To me, Jaye's cooling like water, is a powerful non-aggressive force and if someone attempts to strong-arm her, she just parts around them or closes over them. I'm more like fire. Everything I touch changes form or burns away.
My sister once said that if we had two islands, hers would be for people who needed some R&R and affection, while mine would be for catharsis? To me, catharsis almost indicates a burning away. Do the other NFJs have private "islands"?
Another interesting thing that someone pointed out was the deep love for heroism and ideals that NFJs possess. It might not go for all of us, but I can definitely relate to that. That's the one thing that gets me passionately angry faster than anything else -- when I feel that someone's humanity or rights are being violated in some way, or when my values and beliefs are being infringed. And I love the idea of fighting for those things... I feel like those battles are justified and noble and should be fought with enthusiasm (again with the passion). And for some reason I've also always been fascinated by battles and warrior societies. I'm the one girl in my family who absolutely loves watching war movies and long battle scenes (if they're done well). Granted, I usually go for the historical ones, simply because I find the tactics more interesting, but either way.
I wanted to be an Amazon when I was a teenager. lol
Take me down some uppity male-dominated martial societies!... but on the serious side, I fully understand what you mean. I seem to engage, on a gut level, the idea of battle and contention for the higher purpose. War and bloodshed of themselves is revolting to me, and amounts to barbarism. I can't stand brutality. But I suppose brutality is another way of saying "one-sided fight" which is in turn an activator for my ever-present justice function.
Sometimes it's like this:
Sometimes it's like this:
But it's never this:
Yes!! Just like that! Pictures are a great idea!
It's difficult to get people to understand that you're not having some half-cocked emotional reaction because for all intents and purposes that's exactly what it sounds like we're describing. No, it's not that.
Thank you! Exactly!
Maybe even reactive isn't a good word either. I would say responsive, but that lacks intensity as well. And then you get into the whole emotionally (un)stable thing, which I think it sounds like the precarious edge we're dancing on. The only thing I know how to do is show pictures. There's consistency and stability in this, it's not irrational or illogical. It's not just reactive but proactive as well.
I'm going to share with you guys a word that really struck me as being fundamentally ENFJ (and perhaps INFJ too?). It describes a state of being, rather than a "thing". Let's see if you agree or disagree?
In ancient Stoic cosmology, there was a word used to describe the way the universe came into being, in a sudden and constantly reforming CREATIVE gout of fire, called "
ekpyrosis" or literally 'heating to the ultimate' or "out of the fire'. The cosmos is engulfed in a firey eternal cycle of birth, destruction and rebirth, transmuting everything into this fire-energy. I've never felt a stronger affinity to a word before. I refer to myself as being "ekpyrotic" and it makes me feel understood.
*gasp* How did you know? He's always been my favourite character from the Lord of the Rings books. The movies only made it worse.
Aragorn is, to my mind, the most pure form of the best of NFJ drives/intentions. It's good that you see yourself in him. You know nobility (and yourself too) when you see it.
Yeah... I'm even-keeled alright :rolli: 
