Comments on: Use Everything You’ve Got

By: Hilary

Hilary — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:53:15 +0000

Thank you so much.I remember what my father used to say that God will not ask us how much talents we return to Him with but how we used the talents He gave to us.In other words, we are encouraged to live and die empty.

By: John Gallagher

John Gallagher — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:55:36 +0000

Well, I don’t remember Erma, but what a powerful quote…Thanks for sharing, Mark.

By: Geetha Chandar

Geetha Chandar — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:20:07 +0000

I guess this quote applies to all unused talents?

“All of us are born musicians. Many of us pass off this earthly scene, however, with much of our beautiful music still buried deep in side of us, unplayed and unsung. Don’t let that happen to you. Like a geode, open yourself up and let all that latent potential shine.”
- Grant M. Bright

Thanks and regards,

Geetha

By: Mark David Jones

Mark David Jones — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:24:59 +0000

Classic Erma. Met her briefly at Disney. Very nice woman.

I agree. My mother (very Erma-like) has a great philosophy – rather than leave any kind of inheritance, she wants to spend the money/time on her friends and family while alive. At the end, she says she wants enough left over to pay for all her bills and for a single drink for each of us to toast her, each other, and to living a FULL life.

Anything left over after we die is a waste. Better we invest our talents, etc. ourselves and make a difference now. As they say in sports: Leave it ALL on the field.

I wonder what other good quotes your blog followers can share that reflect optimizing our time/talents?