Dear John,
There is a story that I consider to be one of the most powerful stories that dad ever wrote.
And to be honest, I am quite fond of it.
I would like to share it with you today.
"Oliver Wendell Holmes said, 'The biggest tragedy in America is not the great waste of natural resources, though this is tragic. The biggest tragedy is the waste of human resources.'
Mr. Holmes pointed out that the average person goes to his grave with music still in him. So, unfortunately, the most beautiful melodies of all are the unplayed ones.
For a long time I thought the most tragic thing that could happen to man during his lifetime would be to discover an oil well or a gold mine on his property as he lay on his death bed.
Now I know that it is infinitely worse to never discover the vastly greater wealth that lies within the individual. As my good friend Major Reuben Silverling says, 'A dime and a $20 gold piece have the same value if they are corroding at the bottom of the ocean.'
The difference in value is manifested only when you lift those coins up and use them as they were intended to be used.
Your value becomes real and marketable when you learn to reach within yourself and utilize the enormous potential that is there.
To help you more fully utilize your potential... and I hope to enable you to discover and utilize that gold mine or oil well inside you. Your 'natural resources,' unlike the natural resources on planet Earth, will be wasted and 'used up' only if they are never used at all.
So my purpose is to get more of your talent into action so you and others can enjoy what you have to offer.
No doubt about your talent, you've got it in spades.
And now you are going to start using it so that instead of being bright and broke ( if you are broke ) you will be bright—and prosperous." — Zig Ziglar
I love how dad so vibrantly painted things in your mind while reading.
AND, this is exactly what I am hoping to do with you. Howard and I are going live in a private Facebook group to teach, train and lead you into being bright —and prosperous.
I want you to use your natural resources and stop corroding the potential that you have.
Will you join us?
