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August 16th

ANYTHING CAN BE AN ADVANTAGE

“Just as the nature of rational things has given to each person their

rational powers, so it also gives us this power—just as nature turns

to its own purpose any obstacle or any opposition, sets its place in

the destined order, and co-opts it, so every rational person can

convert any obstacle into the raw material for their own purpose.”

—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 8.35

t five feet three inches tall, Muggsy Bogues was the shortest player
ever to play professional basketball. Throughout his career, he was
snickered at, underestimated, and counted out.
But Bogues succeeded by turning his height into the very thing that
made him nationally known. Some people looked at his size as a curse, but
he saw it as a blessing. He found the advantages contained within it. In fact,
on the court small size has many advantages: speed and quickness, the
ability to steal the ball from unsuspecting (and significantly taller) players,
to say nothing of the fact that players just plain underestimated him.
Could this approach not be useful in your life? What things do you think
have been holding you back that, in fact, can be a hidden source of
strength?