A few years ago, Ray and I celebrated our birthdays (which are four days apart) in Leadville, Colorado at a restaurant that is in a yurt. The experience required snowshoeing or cross country skiing to the yurt and out again. Okay, so some of you don't find that idea appealing. But IT WAS FANTASTIC!
We went in during the daylight. It was early in the snow season so we were fortunate to be the only diners that night. We had the place to ourselves and our own private chef. The food was great!
The most wonderful adventure was the trip out after dinner. By that time, darkness had fallen, but the skies were clear and the moon was full. If you've ever experienced a ski trail on a snowy, moonlit night, high in the Rocky Mountains, you have some idea what kind of magic we enjoyed! The "diamonds" were glistening everywhere. The ground, of course, held a thick blanket of snowy diamonds. The fir and spruce trees were also laden with snow and their branches glistened as well. It was wonderfully quiet as we shushed our way along the trail, enjoying the evening to its fullest extent, traveling through a wonderland of lights from moon, millions of stars, and the "diamonds" that adorned every surface.
It's fun to remember that experience. It set me to thinking. As an SJ, I thrilled to the experience from all the senses and experienced a feeling of luxury and wealth.
What would someone of the SP temperament enjoy from the experience? Perhaps it would be an invitation to play and perhaps to race a partner to the destinations at each end of the trail.
What of an NT? Would they relish the thoughts that they had as they considered how all this came to be and the scientific facts that produced such a display?
And then there's the NF experience. I can see through the NF's eyes the beckoning of the lights to experience the romance, to wonder at what it must have been like for the early pioneers when this was a wilderness, and perhaps to ponder what would have been his or her own feelings as a pioneer in that day. The NF would search for how those thoughts might give meaning to his or her life today.
Each temperament would find joy in the same experience, although each would enjoy it differently. The experience would produce emotions in each — different, but wonderful emotions!
What thoughts might you have and what emotions would the experience produce for you?
