I met Dr. Karl Menninger the summer of 1982 when he was a guest lecturer at the counseling center where I worked. He returned the next summer for the same purpose...he was 89 and 90 respectively. Dr. Menninger had a bright countenance about him and was a man of deep faith in Christ. He was very passionate teaching about hope.

Most of my life, I have had some idea of where I was with anticipation of what’s to come. Not so much now. You see, in a matter of months I’ll become an octogenarian—that means you can calculate my age by assigning 10 years to each tentacle of an octopus. 10 x 8 = 80…Yikes…

"So what do you really, really, really want?" I asked my client the million-dollar question. Slumped forward in his chair, he gave me a blank stare. "I think my want-er got broken a long time ago." Successful, but miserable, my client had lost his motivation in life and wasn't sure how to get it back. He was making a career change at 50 years of age, but had hit a wall.

So when you read the title, did your mind jump to images of your own idiosyncrasies or were you flooded with thoughts about the quirky people around you? Either way, I would like you to take a peek at some of the amazing and wonderful qualities of quirky folks. For me, the title “Quirky People” calls to mind those who are creative, conceptual thinkers, and inventive.