My skills, my mind, my heart, and my body will stagnate¹（停滞）, rot, and die lest I put them to good use. I have unlimited² potential. Only a small portion of my brain do I employ; only a paltry³（不足取的） amount of my muscles do I flex⁴. A hundredfold or more can I increase my accomplishments⁵ of yesterday and this I will do, beginning today.

 

Nevermore will I be satisfied with yesterday's accomplishments nor will I indulge（沉溺）, anymore, in self-praise for deeds which in reality are too small to even acknowledge. I can accomplish far more than I have, and I will, for why should the miracle which produced me end with my birth? Why can I not extend that miracle to my deeds of today?

 

And I am not on this earth by chance. I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply all my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.

 

I have been given eyes to see and a mind to think and now I know a great secret of life for I perceive, at last, that all my problems, discouragements, heartaches are, in truth, great opportunities in disguise. I will no longer be fooled by the garments they wear for mine eyes are open. I will look beyond the cloth and I will not be deceived.

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