3 kinds of people

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!