Looking Inside

Helping someone find the fullest potential is one of the greatest gifts anyone can given to an individual. Eckhart Tolle, author of A New Earth Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, teaches this lesson in a simple story:

"A beggar had been sitting by the side of a road for 30 years. One day a stranger walked by. "Spare some change?" mumbled the beggar, mechanically holding out his old base ball cap. I have nothing to give you said the stranger.
Then he asked: "What's that you are sitting on?"
"Nothing" said the beggar." Just an old box. I have been sitting on it for as long as I can remember."
"Ever look inside?" said the stranger.
"No" said the beggar.
"What the point. There is nothing in there."
"Have a look inside" insisted the stranger.
The beggar managed to pry open the lid.
With astonishment, disbelief and elation he saw that the box was filled with gold.

"I am that stranger who has nothing to give and who is telling you to look inside. Not inside the box, as in the parable, but somewhere closer; inside yourself.

This week may you seek someone out to help them find their greatest gifts.
Help them see what was there all the while and simply needed to be discovered.
Take a minute also to check your own box; pause and look inside yourself and enjoy the richness.