AS A CHILD DANNY GRAYSON BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WORSE IN THE WORLD THAN HAVING HIS FATHER MISS HIS BLACK BELT CEREMONY. SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED AT AN EXCEPTIONALLY YOUNG AGE. OR MAYBE IT WAS NEVER MORE TERRIBLE THAN HIS MOTHER MAKING HIM LATE FOR GYMNASTICS BECAUSE SHE HAD TO PUT DINNER IN THE OVEN OR IT'D NEVER BE DONE IN TIME. DANNY WAS A RAMBUNCTIOUS YOUNG MAN FILLED WITH A FEARLESSNESS AND DRIVE FOR TROUBLE. OFTEN CAUGHT CLIMBING TOO HIGH IN TREES OR PLAYING A PICK UP GAME WITH HIS FRIENDS IN THE YARD. HE WAS SOCIABLE, LIKABLE, AND POLITE. HE JUST HAD TOO MUCH ENERGY FOR HIS PARENTS, JASON AND MARGOT GRAYSON, WHO WERE JUST AN NYC COP AND A LAWYER.
IT WAS A NATURAL PROGRESSION AS DANNY GOT OLDER THAT HIS PARENTS WOULD FIND A WAY TO CHANNEL HIS ENERGY INTO SOMETHING THEY DEEMED PRODUCTIVE. AT THE AGE OF SIX DANNY WAS ENROLLED IN GYNASTICS AND KARATE CLASSES. SO MANY THAT THEY HAD HIM IN CLASSES EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK EXCEPT FOR SUNDAYS WHICH THEY SET ASIDE FOR CHURCH ONLY. DANNY HATED TO BE KEPT IN A ROOM FOR ANYTHING LONGER THAN FIVE MINUTES, HIS ENERGY BUILDING UP UNTIL THE SISTERS OF HIS CLASSES WOULD PULL HIM OUT BY THE EAR FOR DISRUPTION. HIS EXCUSE WAS ALWAYS THE SAME, HE WAS BORED SITTING STILL. THE ACTIVITY IN HIS GYMNASTICS AND KARATE CLASSES HELPED HIM TO BE FOCUSED FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. IT WAS SOMETHING HE LEARNED TO LOVE QUICKLY AND WITH THIS PASSION CAME THE WANT TO PRACTICE AND WITH THAT CAME A CERTAIN TALENT THAT MADE SHINE ABOVE THE OTHER STUDENTS.
IT WASN'T ALL SUNSHINE AT RAINBOWS FOR DANNY, ALTHOUGH FOR THE FIRST EIGHT YEARS OF HIS LIFE IT SURE SEEMED LIKE EVERYTHING WAS GOING HIS WAY. HE WAS PREPARING FOR A MARTIAL ARTS COMPETITION, HIS FIRST EVER WHERE HE'D BE SHOWING OFF HIS SKILLS, WHEN THE PHONE RANG. HE WAS CURIOUS AND BAD SO WHEN MARGOT CLOSED THE DOOR TO THE BEDROOM SHE SHARED WITH HER HUSBAND, HE PICKED UP THE LINE AT THE OTHER END LIKE HE HAD DONE HUNDREDS OF TIMES BEFORE TO HEAR HIS PARENTS TALK WHEN THEY THOUGHT HE COULDN'T HEAR THEM. THIS TIME WASN'T THEM TALKING ABOUT WHAT WAS FOR DINNER OR WHERE THE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS WHERE. THIS TIME HIS MOTHER WAS RECEIVING THE NEWS THAT SHE HAD TERMINAL BRAIN CANCER. SHE PASSED WITHIN THE YEAR. HE WAS DEVESTATED AT THE LOSS OF HIS MOTHER.
THE LOSS OF HIS MOTHER ROCKED THE GRAYSON FAMILY'S WORLD. HIS FATHER, JASON, FELL INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION. DANNY WOULD OFTEN COME HOME TO FIND HIS FATHER PASSED OUT IN THE LIVING ROOM WITH BEER BOTTLES THROWN ABOUT THE ROOM OR IN HIS BEDROOM CRYING ABOUT HOW HE COULDN'T CONTINUE WITHOUT HIS WIFE. THE YOUNG MAN HAD TO GROW UP QUICKLY AT THAT MOMENT AS SOMEONE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WAS TAKEN CARE OF, EVEN IF IT MEANT TAKING CARE OF HIMSELF. HIS FATHER DID THE BEST HE COULD UP UNTIL HE WAS SHOT DURING A TRAFFIC STOP THAT ENDED HIS LIFE AS WELL.
WITH NO KNOWN FAMILY TO TAKE HIM DANNY WAS PUSHED INTO THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. EVEN THOUGH HE HAD BEEN DEALT A TERRIBLE HAND HE WAS CONSIDERED LUCKY BY THE STATE FOR FINDING A FOSTER FAMILY THAT KEPT HIM LONG ENOUGH TO WANT TO ADOPT HIM. ADJUSTING TO HIS NEW LIFE WAS AN UPHILL BATTLE THAT HAD BEEN FILLED WITH TERRIBLE OUTBURSTS OF AGGRESSION AND BAD BEHAVIOR. HE WAS GETTING INTO FIGHTS AT SCHOOL, STARTING TROUBLE WITH LOCAL BOYS, AND WAS EVEN ARRESTED TWICE FOR TRESPASSING AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN. AFTER NEARLY BEING DROPPED FROM HIS MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAM FOR BREAKING THEIR BEHAVIOR CONTRACT, HE WAS HANDED A BOSTAFF BY HIS INSTRUCTOR. "YOU NEED TO BE MORE FOCUSED, PREPARE YOURSELF WITH THIS." DETERMINED TO BE AS IMPRESSIVE WITH THE BOSTAFF AS HE WAS IN EVERY OTHER ASPECT OF HIS LIFE, HE STRUGGLED NIGHT AND DAY UNTIL HE WAS TAKING RIBBONS FOR HIS TALENTS AT MARTIAL ART COMPETITIONS.
AT THE AGE OF 18, WITH HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION DANNY ATTENDED NYU FOR A DEGREE IN INFORMATION SECURITY. COMPUTERS ALWAYS CAME EASY TO DANNY. MUCH LIKE MARTIAL ARTS, IT WAS SOMETHING HE PICKED UP NATURALLY AND WAS ABLE TO EXCEL IN. HE WORKED HARD AND GRADUATED TOP OF HIS CLASS. IT ONLY MADE SENSE THAT HE'D GET JOB OFFERS LEFT AND RIGHT.
BOSTON WAS A NEW START FOR THE YOUNG DANNY GRAYSNO SO HE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE THE PAST BEHIND HIM, NYC WAS WHERE EVERYTHING WENT WRONG AND BOSTON WOULD BE WHERE EVERYTHING WAS RIGHT. THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT BOSTON THAT WAS DIFFERENT TO HIM. IT FELT STRANGE BUT RIGHT. HE FOUND HIMSELF A LOFT IN PROBABLY THE WORST PART OF TOWN, BUT IT WAS AFFORDABLE ON HIS SALARY AS AN IT TECH FOR A LARGE COMPANY. AFTER TIME HE WORKED HIS WAY TO BEING HEAD OF THE PROGRAM.
ISFPs are warm and sympathetic. They genuinely care about people, and are strongly service-oriented in their desire to please. likely to be kind, gentle and sensitive, and will put a great deal of effort and energy into what they believe in.
original and independent, and need to have personal space. People who don't know them may see their unique way of life as a sign of carefree light-heartedness, but the ISFP actually takes life very seriously, constantly in search for clarification and meaning.
extremely perceptive and aware of others. They are usually penetratingly accurate in their perceptions of others.
ISFPs are typically modest and may underestimate themselves. They usually do not like to be in the spotlight, preferring instead to take a supporting role, and will avoid planning and organizing whenever possible. Sensitive and responsive, they step in to do what needs to be done and are satisfied by their personal sense of being helpful to others.
has many special gifts for the world, especially in the areas of creativity, and serving others. Life is not likely to be extremely easy for the ISFP, because they take life so seriously, but they have the tools to make their lives and the lives of those close to them richly rewarding experiences.
original and independent, and need to have personal space. People who don't know them may see their unique way of life as a sign of carefree light-heartedness, but the ISFP actually takes life very seriously, constantly in search for clarification and meaning.
extremely perceptive and aware of others. They are usually penetratingly accurate in their perceptions of others.
ISFPs are typically modest and may underestimate themselves. They usually do not like to be in the spotlight, preferring instead to take a supporting role, and will avoid planning and organizing whenever possible. Sensitive and responsive, they step in to do what needs to be done and are satisfied by their personal sense of being helpful to others.
has many special gifts for the world, especially in the areas of creativity, and serving others. Life is not likely to be extremely easy for the ISFP, because they take life so seriously, but they have the tools to make their lives and the lives of those close to them richly rewarding experiences.