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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?