Consider these words: \u2018I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon if I can. I seek opportunity, not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the company look after me. I want to take the calculated risk, to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfilment to the stale calm of utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficence, nor dignity for a hand out. It is my heritage to think and act for myself, to enjoy the benefits of my creations, to face the world boldly and say, \u201cThis I have done.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n
That sounds like another man who wrote, \u2018I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me a crown of righteousness.\u2019<\/i> (2 Timothy 4:7\u20138 NIV)<\/p>\n
\u2018But I'm disadvantaged,\u2019 you say. Ever see the movie Rain Man<\/i>? Dustin Hoffman plays a savant: a person who, in a sea of disabilities, has an island of genius. In the movie, he's incredibly gifted with numbers. <\/p>\n
Other savants have amazing abilities in art and music. The truth is, all of us arrived equipped and empowered to do something special. You have an island of genius inside you. God's given you a gift. Believe it! Discover it! Develop it! Cherish it! Use it! Gift it! That's what it means to have a glorious inheritance from God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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