Blog Entry #6

The archetype I chose was the Lover. The basic characteristics of the lover is that they love all things, people, nature, and life. One challenger the lover faces is the fights within themselves to choose to have many lovers or commit to one person. Another challenge within the lover is when they are in a relationship, they might get so involved with the person that they lose their sense of self identity. According to What Story are You Living? by Carol S. Pearson and Hugh K. Marr, " The gifts of the Lover are intimacy, sensuality, closeness, and most of all a heightened capacity for love of others, of beauty, and of life"(page 115).  Some real life examples of the Lover archetype would be people that get married more than one time. They fall in love so quickly and open themselves up to people so easily because of that desire to be wanted and in love.