Archive: 2008 October 12

Heartless People

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-10-12T19:42:10Z in Personal Development, with these tags: careers, courage, evil, fear, good, heart, life, love, mission, people, power, purpose, truth, 1 Comment. 3,308 words.

It’s easy to forget how heartless most people are when you’re not around them.

At the beginning of the semester, my speech teacher asked all the students what their majors were, and what they were going to do with their lives. What did he get?

Boring replies.

No conviction. No one was committed to anything they said. There were a lot of “I don’t know”s. Those are bad, but even worse are the people who have been brave enough to “choose” a path… but they’ve chosen one that inspires no confidence. You know these people. Often, they’ll even say what they really want …