Beware of the Grinch

Now's the time you should hear this! For very good reason! Now, please don't ask why. It's not simply the season. Sooner or later the Grinch will invite you To give up your life's goal as something you can't do.

It could be his head isn't screwed on just right. It could be, perhaps, that his pants are too tight. But I think the most likely reason of all Is that his heart is too cold and his vision too small.

The Grinch is a dream stealer of many disguises. A friend or relation with depressing surprises. Just when you feel that your business is booming He fills you with thoughts that are glooming and dooming. He whispers about the forthcoming disaster And about the new plan where you'll get rich much faster When you say you look forward to earning a million. He'll scoff and retort: "Not one chance in a billion!" With a stock market rising and confidence strong You'd think he'd get real and start going along. But he howls and he growls with his terrible frown "Whatever goes up, has got to come down!" Sometimes the Grinch is quick to appear. Sometimes he shows up year after year. But whatever your "Why" and no matter "Who" The dream stealer, Grinch, will start hitting on You. He's the fear deep inside that insists you can't sell.

He's the voice that says, "Stop! Things are going too well!" He especially hates Christmas and the spirit of giving For he selfishly thinks that by "getting" you're living. He thinks passionate service is too big a "Why" And that money's the only incentive to try. But he's missing the point, and hasn't a clue That every Who out in Who-ville has a Dream to come true.

Sooner or later all dream stealers find That they're out in the cold and left far behind. What they could have or might have or should have possessed Has now passed them by and left them depressed.

As you sit by the fire and plan the new year Surrounded by family and friends of good cheer. Remember the Grinch, with his feet in the snow.” Standing puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so?" "It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages, boxes or bags!" "Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store." "Maybe Christmas... Perhaps... means a little bit more!" It's a spirit to treasure each day and each night It's the reason the American dream is still burning bright It's a mission of hope you can trust and believe "The more that you give, the more you'll receive!" This month during the Holidays, look for ways to give more! Denis Waitley Denis Waitley is one of America's most respected and beloved authors, keynote lecturers and productivity consultants on high performance human achievement. He has inspired, informed, challenged and entertained audiences for over 25 years from the boardrooms of multi- national corporations to the control rooms of NASA's space program. Denis has been voted business speaker of the year by the Sales and Marketing Executives' Association and by Toastmasters' International and inducted into the International Speakers' Hall of Fame.

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