Going through life
and dealing with people, you will notice different characters, different
personalities, even different levels of intelligence. Without anyone getting
offended, I always noticed that there are three types of people. There are
those who work very hard, always reliable when you need them, always available
for any emergency, always generous with their time, faithful and dependable. Then there
are those who simply would rather not get their hands dirty, and avoid any kind
of commitment, kind of lazy and unreliable, even though they may be asked to
help, and they see the need to give assistance and volunteer, but they avoid
any kind of work unless absolutely necessary. Then there are those who seem
oblivious of what is going on around them, and they cannot even see the need to
help, while being as non-involved as possible. So, in summary there are those
who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder
what happened. I hope you all fit in the first category. A quote that confirms
this notion, regarding the three levels of involvement and general interest is
one that comes from Eleonor Roosevelt who once said: ‘Great minds discuss
ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.’ In my life as
a priest, working in ministry I noticed two kinds of people around me in running
a parish. There are those who are always there to help you, support you, and
give their heart out to help. Then there are those who just fold their hands,
criticize, complain, do nothing, and on the other hand, when they’re unhappy, they
have the nerve to say ‘why wasn’t it done my way?’ Not to mention those who
procrastinate, or are too lazy to even get up and get going, but always live in
the past, regretting what could have been!
Thursday 27 May 2021
3 kinds of people
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