port over the past two weeks. He told them about the
team’s incredible day and night at work yesterday and
how rule #9 had made all the difference. “Thank you for
being my energy team!” he shouted to everyone.
“So how you feeling today, Sugar?” Joy asked in a
motherly tone.
“I’m feeling good. The team is ready. I’m ready. Ner-
vous of course but who wouldn’t be?”
“That’s right, George. Who wouldn’t be nervous? It’s a
sign of fear. We all have fear but the key to success is that
your trust is bigger than your fear. A little fear is good but
it is weak energy. It runs out. Trust is the high octane fuel
that will take your bus wherever it needs to go.”
“I like that,” George said knowing that trust was a
theme that had kept coming up in his life.
“It’s like I was telling the gentleman who just got off
the bus. All of us focus so much on what stresses us that
we forget all the things we got to be thankful for. So
when you head into that meeting today don’t be stressed.
Instead feel blessed. Be thankful you had this job all
these years while so many are unemployed. Be thankful
you have a supportive team and a family. Even be thank-
ful that you can walk and talk. If you really started count-
ing your blessings you would realize that they are greater
than the stars in the sky. When you feel blessed you don’t
have time to be stressed. And this feeling of gratitude will
fuel your performance today. It will lift you up and carry
you over the finish line.”
George looked around the bus and noticed that
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