greed turned over..

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.

i'm going to share this, because sometimes its easier to understand through story lines:

A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation. The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman.

"I've been thinking," he said, "I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone."

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up. The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands. How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life, you will have been all of these if not already.

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