"To keep a lamp burning, we have to put oil in it."

Mother Teresa

Greatness is living your life in a way that reflects that you already have everything you need.This quotation makes me think of one of the arguments that frequently comes up around the concept of greatness.

In discussing this with a few people, I've sometimes gotten a cynical remark.  "Well, if I'm already great, what's the point of doing anything?"

The point is that although greatness is innate, it's no excuse to rest on our laurels.  There's a reason I call it Living Into Your Greatness. When we keep our greatness to ourselves, not only do we deprive ourselves of actualizing the best of who we are, we deprive the world. 

Each time you choose to play a smaller game, to sit on the sidelines, you're robbing someone else of the opportunity to experience who you are.  Ultimately, that is the one true gift we can give.  And yet, so many of us never unwrap the present.