For years and years I’ve seen them. The nice guys. But its not only the “nice” guys I’m talking about. I’m also talking about the hard working type. The insufferable people that never quit. The ones that are on the job first and off the job last. The ones that seem to be working for a higher power than the highest demanded of them. The people I call “the nice guys.”
There is one thing that I see for sure. These are the people that get trampled. They get trampled by all of the power-hungry, money-hungry, greedy, selfish people in the world. How come it is the humble, sweet, selfless and good people seem to get trampled in the wake of the bad. Why do the good people, the ones that should be rewarded and exalted above all of the other people seem to be drowning in the wake of the ones that feel that they are better.
This story I see all around me. I see my brother working tirelessly to help around the house, humbly easing the stress of his mother and offering to help in any way, while the other siblings stand or lie around lazily. What are the lazy ones thinking? Do they think that they are actually better than the hard-working, slefless, humble ones? Do they think that they are in their own kingdom where any other person deserves to be serving them? Or is it just that they have put in their 4 hours of hard work and feel they deserve the break. When in fact the ones working while they lay around have just finished their 12 hour shift to face yet more work again.
These are the kind of people we mock on reality TV shows. I remember watching Survivor appalled at some people just laying around, while the others worked circles around them. We sat and watched the TV mocking and yelling about how ridiculous that person is. How funny that we can see when others do it, when in fact the people yelling about the lazy person, turn out to be exactly that same kind of person. How blind some people are.
Sorry for my little rant, but this subject has been my lesson of the week as God has seen it I guess. It just really pisses me off :|
Ahh Roge, I know what you mean buddy. I see this everyday in that evil corporate place I work. I look at people based on the Hartman Personality Test (aka the color code). According to his theory there are 4 types of people. Red (The power wielders), Blue (The Do-Gooders), White (The Peacekeepers), and Yellow (the Fun Lovers). Unfortunately most people in power seem to be the Red kind and it’s really Blue (like myself…I like being around people like myself) who should be in charge. Hitler and Mussolini, Reds. Coincidence? I think not.
Logie Logie Logie….i feel you man…I’m pretty sure that the lazy people and even the people on top see this as well… unfortunatley the lazy people i feel have a sort of resentment towards those who actually try to give a helping hand as well as those who chose to work harder and longer hours than others…I don’t think it’s so much that they think they are better than the “nice guys” but rathe jealous because deep down inside they want to be that hardworking person who does the good deeds and has a strong work ethic, but at the same time these jealous people are also the type that don’t necessarily like to be told how to live and so they rebel against what other people think is the right or proper way to handle situations…As for the power hungry over achievers, they see the “nice guy” type as a weekness instead of a strength…They aren’t concerned with the emotional satisfaction of helping others out…they are only concerned with materialistic things…not what other people can get out of their actions but only what they themselves can get from it (money, more power, etc…) As someone who likes to do what is right (not saying that I think I’m any better than the next person) i don’t always make the right choices and can sometimes be lazy I also see both the wear and tear of not being appreciated for all the hard work that is accomplished along with the actual small gratitude and appreciation of those that have experienced the helping and hardworking hand of the “nice guy”…In this crazy world that’s just how things are…It would be hard to really appreciate anything positive and beautiful in life if there wasn’t something negative and ugly to compare it with…If from the beginning of man’s existance everything was and has always been beautiful and wonderful without any kind of opposite we couldn’t truly fully experience and appreciate life….Not everything can be right….it’s philosophically wrong, so to speak….but in general Rogie, I feel ya…and yeah it sucks….but don’t hate, appreciate…ha….alright dude, i’ll see you later man….peace
Laziness brings on deep sleep,and the shiftless man goes hungry. Then the greedy – their reward is here and now. A good man’s reward (depending on who they know) will receive their reward later. I’m betting it’s even better than a new xbox 360 or Porche. Just a hunch.
Heres a great passage from Proverbs of the Bible, chapter 6: