Walter, your subconscious mind is driven most by Kindness.
This means you have a deep desire to be kind and fair to others. You may even be preoccupied with finding kindness in the world around you, far more than you realize on a conscious level.
It is possible that the underlying reason you seek kindness in the world around you, is that you fear cruelty, the opposite of kindness. That could drive you to unconsciously project kindness wherever possible into your world. Regardless of its origin, your steadfast adherence to being kind to others is felt by people you are close to.
You are probably more susceptible than others to being overwhelmed by emotions — both yours and others'. It is possible that your unusually empathic nature is a result of your natural sensitivity to others' pain, and your desire to help them avoid it. For this reason, things might affect you more than they affect your friends and family. To protect yourself from too much emotional intensity, you might want to keep an eye out so you can recognize it when it starts. That will allow you to slow things down until you feel grounded again.
Overall, your strong orientation towards kindness gives you an optimistic nature, which translates into you seeing the best in the people around you. Because you're not one to be overly judgmental, others may seek out your company when they need a friend to talk to. People close to you likely know that you care deeply about the inner lives of others and can listen to what they have to say without imposing your views on them.
Incidentally, I took this test after spending the last two days trying to make this girl from Thailand feel better since she loves this guy who doesn't love her back and who's presently in a relationship with a girl who, as she tells it, at least, isn't good enough for him. (Dear god, that's always a horrible situation to be in.) Kept her laughing, lent her my ear and borrowed hers late into the night, showed her around town, took her on the cable car, took her shopping, bought her a rose, even. Contrary to what Ericson concluded, did not engage in "physical therapy" with her, though I admit that I (*GASP!*) held her hand at one point when she was on the verge of tears.
You're not good, you're not bad, you're just "nice"...
Ugh. Sometimes I disgust even myself, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Or rather, I couldn't.
No matter. I guess that's a good thing.
Old guy with MS isn't returning my calls, so I'm stuck assuming he's picked someone else. C'est la vie.
On the plus side, live-in retirement home position where I dropped off a resume three weeks ago finally called me back tonight and will interview me tomorrow.
Work to live, never the other way around...
On the plus side, I'm now sixteen pages into a book I'm writing. I don't know where it's going, nor do I know the real plot, but I've got a main character solidly down and he's doing a pretty good job at writing his story for me. We'll see where that goes. At least the place where I presently am is putting me in a position where I'm learning all sorts of things from people from all around the world and all walks of life, and lord knows I'm putting it all to good use. Very good use. I'll see what eventually comes of it.