Don't waste your gifts
We all have things that we do well. It could be sales, helping people who are going through rough times or totin' the pigskin, but we all have gifts, baby. If you use your skills for a good cause and live with discipline like Dave Ramsey talks about, you'll get ahead in life and in money. If you throw away what you've been given or don't do things on the up-and-up, you're a punk; pure and simple.
You get out of life what you put into it, jack. Look at Maurice Clarett (my buddy My Big Dummy hit this nail on the head). MC rushes for over 1,200 yards at Ohio State University and wins a national title. Then four years later, bang, he's headed to the cooler to do 3.5 for robbery and concealed weapons charges.
That's not to say that we can't mess up from time to time. We're all flesh and bone, baby, and screw-ups come with that package. But in the game of life, it's better to get tackled and get back up than to get a uniform and throw it away. Hopefully Clarett will get his act together, but the point is this; we all have gifts ... don't waste 'em.
You get out of life what you put into it, jack. Look at Maurice Clarett (my buddy My Big Dummy hit this nail on the head). MC rushes for over 1,200 yards at Ohio State University and wins a national title. Then four years later, bang, he's headed to the cooler to do 3.5 for robbery and concealed weapons charges.
That's not to say that we can't mess up from time to time. We're all flesh and bone, baby, and screw-ups come with that package. But in the game of life, it's better to get tackled and get back up than to get a uniform and throw it away. Hopefully Clarett will get his act together, but the point is this; we all have gifts ... don't waste 'em.
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We've all got gifts we can use. I put together a database of willing Men in our church to help single Mom's with lawn care and miscellaneous household "honey-do's". It's amazing how many men are willing to volunteer their time if only asked. We're having great success...and a little bit of load is taken off of these hard-working moms.
At first glance, not many of us have awesome gifts like those superstars we've all seen on TV. But let me tell you...the real superstars are the average joes that get up early on a saturday to help a single mom with her household chores.
Even if you think you're not gifted...think again. There's always someone near you that can use your gifts, no matter how small they may be.
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