Doers, watchers and wonderers

Friday, June 1, 2012

It was my very own little social experiment. I placed some trash in a prominent place of a room that was soon to be filled with activity. As I sat back and watched the people who were walking back and forth through the room I notice a number of reactions to the trash. Many people walked right by oblivious to the object so focused on the place they were going they didn't even seem to notice. Others looked down at the trash, or even stepped over it but kept right on going. One even walked by and talked about how they couldn't believe why someone would just leave their trash in the middle of the room. Finally I saw a person actually change their course pick up the trash and place it in a nearby trash can and then continue on their way. That is pretty much a parable of life. Someone has keenly observed that there are three kinds of people in the world. Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened. I wonder which kind of person are you?

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