Definition—The intrinsic motivation to:
Discern the emotions of others and then…
Respond in service by providing comfort to those who are in emotional distress.
Profile—People with the motivation of comforting often exhibit the following traits:
- You are able to feel an atmosphere of joy or distress in an individual or group.
- You are drawn to people who are in distress and have sympathy and understanding of such people.
- You have a strong desire to remove hurts and bring healing to others.
- You have a greater concern for mental distress than physical distress.
- You avoid firmness unless you see how it will benefit a situation.
- You are sensitive to words and actions which will hurt other people.
- You have a strong sense of the level of sincerity in other people.
- You enjoy fellowship and unity with those who are sensitive to the needs and feelings of others.
- You avoid fellowship with and close their spirits to those who are insincere and insensitive.
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Caution—People with the motivation of comforting may be misunderstood for the following reasons:
- Your avoidance of firmness may appear to be weakness and indecisiveness.
- Your sensitivity to the spirit and feelings of others may cause some to feel that they are guided by emotions rather than logic.
- Your attraction and understanding of those in distress may be misinterpreted by those of the opposite sex.
- Your sensitivity to words and actions which cause hurts may appear to be taking up another's cause of bitterness.
- Your avoidance of those with insincere motives may cause some to feel you are hard to get to know.
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Warning—People with the motivation of comforting need to be careful that:
- You don't become proud of your ability to show mercy.
- You don't start to resent and revile persons who are not sensitive to the feelings and hurts of others.
- You don't begin to feel that others who do not share your spirit of mercy are not as good as you are.
- You don't completely fail to be firm when necessary.
- Your decisions are not totally guided by emotions rather than logic.
- Your strong feelings of mercy don't lead you to disregard issues of right and wrong.
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