..::Quality Vs. Quantity::..

Quality Vs. Quantity is a topic that I've been rattling around in my brain for quite some time. I think it's all about a persons personality whether one or the other is more important to them. Some people are more introverted, or extroverted, or some where in the middle. Those qualities are going to be the first that help determine if quantity interests you.

Quality on the other hand is a tricky one. There are a great deal of people who will say, well why can't I have both? To that I say: it's kind of like that triangle on that one episode of Bernie Mac, lol! You can get fast & cheap but it won't be good, you can get good & cheap but it won't be fast, or you can get fast & good but it won't be cheap! With quality you have to put in time, effort, and care to get the best results possible. When you take short cuts or cut corners you get below par results.

Many people have a fascination with popularity and power don't even know it. When they are slighted or when they run into a person or a situation that has passed it's reason & season they will still hold on for dear life, why, out of that pride & ego. The desire to be liked, loved, & admired can cause people to jump into situations that send up ginormous red flags that say "quality does not live here" and yet you're still holding on. It's all about those core values and when you value quality over quantity but are smack in the middle of quantity people if your pride is in the mix or low self-esteem or little insight & acceptance of who you truly are you'll often wonder why it is that certain patterns continue to repeat themselves or why certain relationships or friendships continue to not work out. Of course other factors play a part in it but the fundamental building blocks need to be similar in order for there to be any reliability in the foundation.

Quantity isn't a bad thing for a lot of people. A great deal of people love to be surrounded by others, they love to network and have many people in their circle that could potentially be an asset in one way or another to them. While they may be a truly quality person they don't always see that you are a mirror (which is partly composed of family and those people you didn't choose to be in your life) that reflects those that you choose to have in your life. A person of quality can spread themselves very thin in a room of quantity. If you have several quality people reflecting your quality in your inner circle but then have far more people who are about quantity in that same circle they will over power them, and you can become lost. Being a person of quality you can also be searching for signs & actions that people of quantity aren't able to show you, you can be naive in situations, and continue to put your trust & feelings on the line in a situation that is not going to end well for you.

As stated earlier, everyone is different and if you are truly a person of quantity and it works for you then there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, however, if you are a person of quality attempting to have it all in a world of quantity be prepared to be a reflection of that quantity both positively & negatively. What I've learned in my experience and I'm sure is not true for all: is that if I regard myself to be a person of substance and others around me reveal themselves to not be of better or equal substance then I must classify them where they are in their journey, not in comparison to mine, and determine based on that how much influence/time they are allotted in my life.