What is a good example of a character with kindness and common sense?" Where would it show up in analysis?
On a character level, kindness is probably Acceptance/Evaluation or Help/Support, depending on the quadrant and the level of story participation. Common sense is a little bit tougher… I’m drawn to Logic, Conscience, Evaluation, and… Probability, maybe? Having written this, it’s interesting that Evaluation ended up on both of those—perhaps that suggests the specific flavor of kindness and common sense you have in mind?
That being said, I also wanted to think about kindness and common sense on the thematic level, too. The obvious one for Kindness is Morality vs. Self-Interest, over in the Doing quadrant, and Common Sense could either be Approach vs. Attitude or Strategy vs. Analysis next door. Beyond that, we start to get into the circumstances around what leads people to be kind—Do you see it as an Obligation, or as your Responsibility? As something you Need to do, or as an Expediency?—or to develop common sense—Is it an Instinct, or something you’ve Conditioned yourself into? Does it derive from deep Wisdom, or from bursts of Enlightenment?
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I have been reading and thinking this over and over. This common sense would have connection to intelligence. Evaluation for sure took part. Thank you so much for your input. I will write more after more thought … haha.
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I wonder why kindness would be Morality vs Self-interest. Both do not have some warmth. Of course, Self-interest can rev up a character … haha. Just thoughts