The phrase 'blessed individual' is correct and usable in written English.
You would use it when referring to someone who is fortunate and has had good luck. For example: "Having received a full academic scholarship, my sister is a truly blessed individual."
Only the most religious, blessed individuals, such as Mother Teresa and Florence Nightingale, get into first heaven, where you can choose the age you'd like to be and body you'd like to have.
As Nigerians, we just feel blessed such an individual was gifted to us," said reveller Aderemi Ola, pulling on a cigar-sized spliff as he readied himself for a night of dancing.
External factors such as the environment and personal habits come into play, and even acts of God where the individual, blessed by a disease-free and long life, is hit by a car or suffers any other unexpected fatal occurrence.
"It had not been so long ago," Mr. Hijuelos writes, "that Levis believed himself a most fortunate man -- even if his romantic vision had been wanting -- an individual, blessed by a Catholic God, far beyond the 'normal' rules of existence.
He was referred to by The Life Insurance Council of New York as a "giant in the insurance industry" and as an "extraordinary champion of the actuarial profession" by the current President of the Academy of Actuaries, Bill Bluhm, who also wrote, "He was an amazing individual, blessed with a first-rate mind, a great heart, and a vibrant personality.
Rather than seeing the sage as an exceptional individual blessed with an extraordinary qi endowment that effectively renders him a different kind of being, who by nature is unaffected by any differentiated emotions such as pleasure and anger that are inherently partial, as He Yan does, Wang Bi argues that the sage is the same as ordinary men and women in experiencing the full range of emotions.
If you are blessed with a dynamic individual - a Republic of Ireland international at that - who can best influence a game from its centre, you might as well hand over the three points before kick-off as take to the field with him in defence.
These individuals were blessed with a trait most of us can only envy: Just six hours of sleep was enough to propel them through a very active day.
It's also blessed with a wealth of individual talent - The Sooners' Hollis Price, Syracuse's Carmelo Anthony and Wake Forest's Josh Howard.
As it cannot be disputed that there are individuals who are blessed with an exceptionally rich qi endowment, there is thus some truth to the view held by He Yan and others that sageness is defined by an inborn sage nature.
