strengths LOSER!

I took a strengths finder test a while back and my strengths were as Follows 1.Adaptability 2.Input 3.Developer 4.Connectedness 5.Empathy.
The strength that I feel is most prevalent in my daily life is empathy. I usually make my decisions with others feelings in mind. I don't necessarily think this is a bad thing but it can be if I don't know how people actually feel. Sometimes I feel torn on how to act, because I constantly processing how people feel. Example - I was sitting at Stacys house and Leon was cooking a big dinner for us to eat, before dinner stacy asks if she should make some shrimp to add to the meal, Leon said no (in a way that made me think he didn't feel his meal needed anything else), and then the question is posed to me. Heres where my empathy takes over, I don't want Stacy to feel like I dont want her shrimp, but I also dont want Leon to feel like his dinner isn't good enough. so what did I do,I froze, I muttered some jumbled words that no one was able to understand (even me).It was pretty awkward. It's almost as if I can't shut my empathy off. I can't make a decision without considering how is this going to make people feel. It can even annoy others. My friend Zach was making dinner one evening for himself and hope, and then he asked if I wanted dinner, to which I said yes. Grilled cheese and soup, he had two cans of soup, he was only planning on making one, It seemed to me to be a two serving can. So when Zach asked me if I wanted soup I froze, I thought that If I said yes to soup, either he would have to open up another can of soup, (which I assumed to be an inconvenience) or he and hope would have to go with a smaller serving than they originally planned on. so I mumbled something about not needing soup, and two cans compared to one, and all Zach wanted was a yes or no. We all had a small bowl and we all were happy. Why did I stress, of course I wanted soup, I love soup. Clearly I didn't know what Zach wanted. Situations like this make me dislike my Empathy. I know I have been wonderfully made, but sometimes I wish I was more assertive and spoke my mind. I don't know why I feel the need to tell everyone this, but If your ever in a situation where you want my opinion and I give you some vague passive answer, now you know why.

Gospel Fellowship

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This is a street view picture of the Church Lizzie and I(and Nash I guess)attended when we lived in Pine Ridge. While looking at Googles street views of pine ridge I figured out that these pictures were taken while we were living there. So there is a small chance that I am inside of that church playing ping pong with Belva. Both of us practicing to beat Leon whenever we play him next. Or maybe Leon is inside, preparing one of the many amazing feasts he would make for us. Regardless it has been cool to see the church again, even if it is an old picture on a computer screen. It fills my head with all the amazing memories I made in that place.