I would say, I would say to any child who would listen, you have greatness inside you. And your job, your only job, is to figure out what that is, dig it out, and give it to the world. Because if the world is going to survive, if the world is going to maintain this, this awe of existing, it will because of what you contribute.
Because you cannot do math, because it’s hard to read, I still cannot spell. It has nothing to do with the tea in China, it has nothing to do with living. Your contribution as a living, breathing being on the earth, your joy, your enthusiasm, your humor, your vision is what counts. Bottom line, period, end of story.
Do you know what I realize is really important is the courage to say you know what I will try. I did not know I could do this, I was pretty convinced, and this was only 15 years ago so I don’t know how old I was, I was in maybe my late 50’s, right, maybe my late 50’s.
I didn’t think even then I would be able to write a book. The guy doesn’t know me, the person who suggested it. I will try. And just those three lines, just those three words, all of a sudden you can find out that you can do something you never thought you could do in a million years.