Machiavellian Monk?

Current mood: pensive

Machiavellian- [mak-ee-uh-vel-ee-uhn]
Main Entry: Cunning
Part of Speech: Adjective

• Definition: Devious

• Synonyms: Machiavellian, acute, artful, astute, cagey, canny, crafty, deep, fancy footwork, foxy, guileful, insidious, keen, knowing, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, sly boots,smart, smarts, smooth, streetwise, subtle, tricky, wary, wily

• Antonyms: artless, gullible, honest, ingenuous, naive, sincere

1) being or acting in accordance with the principles of government analyzed in Machiavelli's The Prince, in which political expediency is placed above morality and the use of craft and deceit to maintain the authority and carry out the policies of a ruler is described.

2) characterized by subtle or unscrupulous cunning, deception, expediency, or dishonesty:
He resorted to Machiavellian tactics in order to get ahead.

I'm at this weird place right now,
emotionally speaking.

I'm not wanting to verbally express myself

At a time when I have so much to express.

It's weird because, as a gemini,-

I am to have supposedly been born a natural communicator.

No, I haven't misplaced the infamous verbal gift
(times a curse).

But I have found that when I want to sum up my
current mood, I end up feeling stumped.

I find myself in a unexpected transitional phase which is seems to require caution and restraint.

In the past, my feelings have been based on criticism & suspicion, but they are not this time.

It maybe, that karmically,

I have felt the real depth of fully loving someone in a way that almost seemed abstract to me.

But really, I'm too much of a skeptic
~2 be a true mystic.

Surprised I'm not. Cold... No. Detached? maybe, but not fully by choice-

I do belong to the element of air after all.

..You Are Somewhat Machiavellian

You're not going to mow over everyone to get ahead...But you're also powerful enough to make things happen for yourself. You understand how the world works, even when it's an ugly place. You just don't get ugly yourself - unless you have to!

How Machiavellian Are You?

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