“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”—John Wooden
Talent. We all have talents. It is our responsibility to use them. If we don’t we are letting others down.
There is an expression in sports: “leave everything on the field” (or in wrestling: “leave everything on the mat”). Without a doubt, this is what every athlete should do. I like to relate this to the parable of the talents—if you hold anything back, you are letting down your team. Every game. Every practice. The athlete has to “bring it”. The same applies to work, relationships, etc.
“Leave everything you have in this room” is the very essence of carpe momento. It could just well be the “classroom”, the “office”, the “family room”, etc. It is what I mean when I say: “be your best today; be better tomorrow.”
If ever we are not our best, we cannot be better tomorrow. We cannot make others better. We owe it to ourselves and our “team” to give 100% one-hundred percent of the time.
We are all talented in our own way. We need to accept that we are not all talented in the same ways. We should never look at another with envy. We should accept who we are and the path we are on. We should work to be the best “me” we can be.
Be grateful for your gifts. They may not be the gifts you desire, but they are the gifts you have. Use them!
Be the best you can be; be better tomorrow!
Carpe momento!
“Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?”—Benjamin Franklin