Thoughtful

Last week I went to a great conference featuring a speaker from the Alban Institute. He was a systems theory guy, which means that he has a construct of understanding the way people interact that can be applied to most groups; families, businesses, friendships, churches etc. He proposed that in any system, you find a similar range of people. About 2% are 'yes' people, and 2% are 'no' people. This means that no matter what they are asked, "Do you want a million dollars? Do you want to eat a kitten?" They will always answer the same thing - always yes, or always no. Then you have 12% that are thoughtfully 'yes' and 12% that are thoughtfully 'no'. This means that they will consider the question or idea or opportunity at hand, but will probably still answer as their standard yes or no. Everyone else, the other 72% really just don't care that much. They might have an opinion if asked, but overall they don't have an avid interest in the process.
At first I thought this was an odd way of looking at the world around me, but as I have been mulling it over, I see some definite validity in this view of the systems I am apart of.
My prayer for today is to be one of the thoughtful percentage. I don't want to answer God without any thought or consideration, and I certainly don't want to be disinterested enough not to care. So my prayer is to fall into the thoughtful group - and that God would help me get to where I am supposed to be!