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If we can have, inactives, lessactives and semi-actives, why not hyperactives? Members who do several callings and run the show etc…
Any hyperactive members here?
Nope, not me. I’m active, but, back of the chapel, let others run the show, kind of active. I think I would look like a hyperactive member to lots of people who are disaffected or struggling in some way, but I attend only the things that I can without unacceptable stress in other areas – and I regularly wear slacks and a polo shirt to non-Sunday meetings where everyone else is dressed in full suit and tie. I think I’m a good example of not judging others commitment level or strength of faith based on how they appear to you – and I think there are a whole lot of Stage 5 members who appear to be Stage 3 members to those who are in Stage 4.
Old-Timer wrote:… I regularly wear slacks and a polo shirt to non-Sunday meetings where everyone else is dressed in full suit and tie.
One step above me. Carhartt shirt and denim pants (levis).The hyperactive members prolly think I’m the lazy member and they have an extra calling because I “look” like I don’t have a calling….
:clap: SamBee wrote:If we can have, inactives, lessactives and semi-actives, why not hyperactives?
I feel like I am more likely radio-active.
No, no, the real answer is inter-active …meaning wwweb-active.
😆 SamBee wrote:Any hyperactive members here?
I guess I’m a recovering one. I still have callings, but it’s a whole different ball game now. Things probably look pretty much the same from the outside.
Yep, been hyperactive, too high expectations, judgmental of people are not committed, called people ‘half-milers’ in my mind when they wouldn’t follow through on things. Now I realize we just had the wrong people doing the wrong things.
I think I did fit into that category at one time but now I think I’m on the other end of the active scale. I was telling a friend today how in the past I believed everything and questioned none of it but now I feel like I question everything and believe nothing. I was thinking how all of this has changed in that past few years and how I got to the place where I am today. Some days it feels so comfortable but in truth it still hurts most of the time. I have a calling in which I do next to nothing – Family History Consultant. Most folk don’t even know I am one, let alone come to me for help… I’ve asked to run a class… nothing. I was uncalled from a bigger calling last year, and since then, I’ve really been doing nothing. Case of careful what you wish for. I hear people frequently complaining they’re doing too much, and if I get several callings, then I’m going to wish I hadn’t. I’ve got the opposite problem and folk tend to ignore me…
However, yes, we do have one or two hyperactive members in the ward. Many kids, many callings, give lifts, do just about everything. I respect them, but do sometimes wonder if the workload shouldn’t be shared out!
church0333 wrote:I think I did fit into that category at one time but now I think I’m on the other end of the active scale. I was telling a friend today how in the past I believed everything and questioned none of it but now I feel like I question everything and believe nothing. I was thinking how all of this has changed in that past few years and how I got to the place where I am today. Some days it feels so comfortable but in truth it still hurts most of the time.
We could be twins.
My husband and I held several consecutive “high position” callings for several years. When we were finally released, I totally “fell.” I have no idea why. But suddenly…I hit a place like many on this forum and I’m just not sure how I got here.
I can say, though, that when I was released from my last calling (leadership for a few years), I drove home with a HUGE smile on my face and feeling quite content. No regrets in my calling (I tried to serve purposefully), and happy to hand over the reins to someone else. I also had the very clear impression that I was happy…genuinely happy…because I really did do the best I could do…and my mind’s ear heard “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.” Now, I rarely recognize answers to prayer. I rarely have spiritual experiences (only 3 in my life), but this was one of those times, so it leaves me feeling even more confused as to how I got HERE from being THERE.
I used to be hyperactive. Had multiple callings, was at a church meeting/event 3-4 days/week. Would sometimes speak in church, play the piano, do a sunday school and/or priesthood lesson. It was the hyperactivity that validated and fulfilled me. When I moved to a much bigger unit (200+ active) and wasn’t able to be hyperactive I think that was the start of my questions. It bothered me that not being hyperactive meant I wasn’t getting as fulfilling an experience and made me start to question what it really was that I got out of church. Now that I’m back in the smaller unit I’m wondering whether I want/am able to be hyperactive again. I want to participate in the community and support my friends, but I’m not going to give the same level of intensity.
Yes, it’s ironic, they’re continually telling us to tell our friends, and bring them in, but the trouble is that if you spend the vast majority of your time in and around the church, you aren’t going to have many friends to bring in as investigators! I don’t think I was ever hyperactive, but I know what you mean by the term!
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