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A man and his small son were out walking through the mountains and at one point, the little boy slipped 20-30 yards down the mountain side. Finally he was able to grab onto a tree branch and hold on, then he screamed out, “Help me!”

This voice boomed back, “Help me!”

He looked kind of confused and yelled, “Who are you?”

The voice boomed back, “Who are you?”

The small boy was aggravated and said, “You are a fool!”

The voice came back, “You are a fool!”

He said, “You are a coward!”

The voice yelled back, “You are a coward!”

Just about that time, his father got to him. The small boy asked his dad, “Who is that?”

His dad laughed and said, “Son, that’s called an echo but really its called life. See, let me show you something son.”

The dad hollered out, “You are a winner!”

The voice boomed back, “You are a winner!”

“You are talented!”

It came back, “You are talented!”

The dad yelled, “You’ve got what it takes!”

The voice rang out, “You’ve got what it takes!”

The dad said, “Son, that’s how life is. Whatever you send out always comes back to you. The question is, what are you sending out about yourself?”

Are you already sending out signals to the universal stating, “I am strong”, “I am talented”, “I am the best”. “I’ll make it to becoma a great public speaker?” and “I am victorious”. What you send out is going to come back to you.

Why shortchange yourself and the people around you? Go on and live live to the max of your potential!

There was a man who played piano in a bar. He was a good piano player. People came out just to hear him play. But
one night, a patron told him he didn’t want to hear him just play anymore. He wanted him to sing a song.

The man said, “I don’t sing.”

But the customer was persistent. He told the bartender, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want that guy to sing!”

The bartender shouted across the room, “Hey buddy! If you want to get paid, sing a song. The patrons are asking you
to sing!”

So he did. He sang a song. A piano player who had never sung in public did so for the very first time. And nobody had ever
heard the song Mona, Mona Lisa sung the way it was sung that night by Nat King Cole!

He had talent he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar, but
because he had to sing, he went on to become one of the best-known entertainers in America.

You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel as if your ‘talent’ is particularly great, but it may be better
than you think! And with persistence, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may as well have no ability at all
if you sit on whatever talent you possess!

The better question is not “What ability do I have that is useful?”

It is rather “How will I use whatever ability I have?”

Steve Goodier Author of “Joy Along The Way”