{"id":35,"date":"2013-01-04T20:33:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/?p=35"},"modified":"2013-01-04T20:33:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T20:33:00","slug":"a-rare-breed-of-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/?p=35","title":{"rendered":"A rare breed of people"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nIn life, one will only come across a small number of individuals who are able to boldly say \u201cI enjoy what I do\u201d as they simultaneously and inadvertently send a message of \u201cwhat needs to be done next\u201d.<\/span>
\n<\/a>Irrespective of whether these sentiments are expressed in reference to a career, studies or personal project; it is rare to hear a person speak positively about a task that is set before them.  <\/span>Many a times, as humans, most of us purely aim to deliver an end-result; we focus on completing a job rather than pay attention to the enjoyment of the journey; we tend to overlook the pleasurable process of completing an activity.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\nHowever, there is a rare breed of people, who is always willing and keen to do what needs to be done.  <\/span>Usually, this breed is made up of people who, even long after a task is completed – no matter how insignificant it may have been – their contribution continues to be celebrate because their acts are always enveloped by an everlasting positivity.  <\/span>These individuals have what it takes to make an activity look simple and effortless because they perform a task with pleasure; these are highly-talented individuals who possess a very powerful energy that knows no boundaries.  <\/span>One does not have to be close to such people to be impacted by their upbeat energy because they do not allow distance, space and time to be a hindrance.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\nI interacted with such a person today; and it got me thinking: this type of <\/span>a person never pursues success but success pursues them because their intentions are always positively optimistic.  <\/span>Their focus is driven by purity and selflessness.  <\/span>Such a person does not even realise how influential they are because they neither seek success nor reward.  Whatever they do, even before it is completed, the outcome<\/span> is always surrounded by a humbling sense of achievement and an aura of victory that is not overstated.  <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/span><\/span>How refreshing it was for me to have come across this kind of an individual who is so unconscious of success yet willing to be of service to others.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\nSurely goodness and love shall follow such high-calibre people all the days of their life, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\nImagine, this particular person even said they wish there were ten more hours in a day so that they can be able to keep on going; to keep on accomplishing great things.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Talk about high-achievers, h<\/span>ow I yearn for such energy. . . !<\/span>
\n#refreshing thoughts#<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In life, one will only come across a small number of individuals who are able to boldly say \u201cI enjoy what I do\u201d as they simultaneously and inadvertently send a message of \u201cwhat needs to be done next\u201d. Irrespective of whether these sentiments are expressed in reference to a career, studies or personal project; it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}