{"id":2190,"date":"2017-06-22T01:20:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T01:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/?p=2190"},"modified":"2017-06-22T01:20:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T01:20:06","slug":"re-post-two-kinds-of-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/?p=2190","title":{"rendered":"Re-post: Two Kinds of People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let every detail in your lives\u2014words, actions, whatever\u2014be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way. \u00a0– Colossians 3:17 (The Message)<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

It’s time for another visit to the poetry corner. \u00a0The following was in regular use in my old\u00a0Boy Scout troop. \u00a0 It was there I learned a lot about leadership and about service. \u00a0So here, for your edification and enjoyment is Edna Wheeler Wilcox’s Two Kinds of People<\/p>\n

\"Chez<\/a>

A leaning door isn’t quite fulfilling its purpose.<\/p><\/div>\n

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TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

There are two kinds of people on earth today,
\nJust two kinds of people, no more, I say,
\nNot the good and the bad, for ’tis well understood
\nThe good are half bad and the bad are half good<\/p>\n

Not the happy and sad, for the swift flying years
\nBring each man his laughter and each man his tears.
\nNot the rich and the poor, for to count a man’s wealth
\nYou must first know the state of his conscience and health.<\/p>\n

Not the humble and proud, for in life’s busy span
\nWho puts on vain airs is not counted a man.
\nNo! The two kinds of people on earth I mean
\nAre the people who lift, and the people who lean.<\/p>\n

Wherever you go you will find the world’s masses
\nAre ever divided in just these two classes.
\nAnd, strangely enough, you will find, too, I wean,
\nThere is only one lifter to twenty who lean.<\/p>\n

This one question I ask, Are you easing the load
\nOf overtaxed lifters who toil down the road?
\nOr are you a leaner who lets others bear
\nYour portion of worry and labor and care?<\/p>\n

-Edna Wheeler Wilcox<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whether it acknowledges it or not, the world needs the unique contributions and leadership of men. \u00a0Discovering your purpose\u00a0—\u00a0your calling — is worth the time and effort it takes. \u00a0And after this, committing to your mission according to that purpose is where a man crafts his legacy. \u00a0It is at this point that a man must dedicate himself to being, in the words of the poet, a lifter.<\/p>\n

If you’re a leader, bear the burden of leadership by serving those you expect to follow you. \u00a0It is<\/em> important to meet your obligations, and the heart of management is motivating and inspiring others to own and perform the necessary tasks. \u00a0Leadership is management with human concerns at the forefront. \u00a0So take care to value people and use things\u00a0—\u00a0not the other way around.<\/p>\n

And if you’re a follower, ease your leader’s burden by offering to take on some of his tasks, and even more by having at least one well-thought-out\u00a0solution for every problem you bring him. \u00a0It may ultimately be his call, but you’re lightening the load by bringing your leader the best thinking you’ve got.<\/p>\n

So how about you?<\/strong> \u00a0In what ways are you helping to bear your share of the load in your family, career, church and community? \u00a0Add your comments below.<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let every detail in your lives\u2014words, actions, whatever\u2014be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way. \u00a0– Colossians 3:17 (The Message) It’s time for another visit to the poetry corner. \u00a0The following was in regular use in my old\u00a0Boy Scout troop. \u00a0 It was there I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42,40,11,8,10,65,207,66,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commitment","category-consequence","category-excellence","category-inspiration","category-integrity","category-leadership","category-poetry","category-service","category-work-ethic"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2191,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190\/revisions\/2191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}