OUR ABILITY IS OUR SUPPLY

We are told to take no thought for our life, what we shall eat, what we shall wear, how we shall prosper.

My morning's blinding flash of the obvious: It is our ability, our talent, that is our supply. We must use that which we have within us, for that is what comes back to us doubled, tripled...more than enough.

We all have ability...we stay stuck when we get caught up in nit-picking, judging, our ability rather than simply using that which we have and being grateful for it.

I never believed I had a talent to use...and when I found it, I discounted it. I have a talent for listening. And that's going to get me prosperity? Looking back, I can see that it did. I always had enough, I never went without a need...and that is my definition of prosperity.

I've never gone hungry, nor has my dog, we've always had a decent roof over our head, a comfortable bed, and, most important, people who love us. I sometimes say that if it weren't for Ruckus I wouldn't have any friends at all, but I know that's an exaggeration.

When I look back over my career, it is clear to me today that the basis of any success I had was in my willingness to  listen...the first step of which was knowing when to keep my mouth shut. The next step was in my willingness to listen in order to hear what I was being asked to do. After my retirement, I was inducted into my company's Hall of Honor...proof that my ability to listen mattered.

Sidebar: In retirement, I'm really recognizing my listening as a talent. It's hard to comprehend that so many people are incapable of listening...and with so little to say. But that may just be me, judging.

Thank You.