INFJs have
a need to live "romantic" lives, whether or not they are involved in
an intimate relationship. I've seen INFJs commonly characterized as being
"Romantic idealists."
ROMANTIC:
4 a : marked by the imaginative or emotional appeal of what is heroic,
adventurous, remote, mysterious, or idealized
INFJs
yearn for romance. They dream of creating harmonious, even caring personal
relations, and they have a unique talent for helping people get along with each
other and work together for the good of all. Such interpersonal harmony might be
a romantic ideal, but then INFJs are incurable romantics who prefer to focus on
what might be, rather than what is.
The
real, practical world is only a starting place for INFJs; they believe that life
is filled with possibilities waiting to be realized, rich with meanings calling
out to be understood. This idea of a mystical or spiritual dimension to life,
the "not visible" or the "not yet" that can only be known
through intuition or by a leap of faith, is far more important to INFJs than the
world of material things -- although bringing visions to reality always plays
some part in their aspirations. As they grow older and move toward
mid-life, the need to "walk the talk" and have congruence around
making fantasy reality becomes more and more of a driving force.
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