Unleash the Potential

I love Lisa Mcinnes-Smith, she is so fresh and energetic <3<3
She came to crowded house at Bridge and was really encouraging.. Here's some things i got from her, put into an analogy:

We look at bananas tree at the other country bearing so many fruits and we tried the fruits, it's so good~~~  Well, in our countries we do have apple trees and it grew very well, but we are so used to it, it becomes too common, and we prefer bananas! and we think, "I don't want to grow apples, i want bananas! Why doesn't it grow in our countries? Let's buy the seeds and plant it on our land."

So we go home to our countries, and sow the banana seeds on the land, near the apple tree on our garden. We are so eager to see the fruit bear fruits that we bought fertilizers and give it all to the banana seeds and forget about our apple tree. After years pass, the banana tree doesn't look that healthy and yet to bear much fruit like the one we see on the other land and the taste is not as good either, tho we have taken care of it very well throughout the years, giving it the best fertilizers regularly. WHY? Do you know why?

Because the conditions of the land and climate is not the same at our place with theirs. And because we concentrated so much on the banana tree, we forget about what we already have, that is the apple tree, and even that tree now doesn't bear as much fruit as before seen we neglected it. If we continue doing it, we might lose the good apple tree and have the not so good banana tree. Why not just bear good apples instead and trade it with the good bananas from the other countries?

It's the same with our talents! You see, many times we look at a person: she is awesome with guitar, such a great sound she made, i want to be good playing guitar too! So I switch from piano, which i have been practicing since i was young and i am really good in it; to guitar, spend so much time and energy to learn guitar and yes I can play guitar but not as good as her. Why? She's got a special talent. And my piano skill becomes worse since i don't practice it anymore. That's such a waste, isn't it? Why not come back to piano and play it with her and combine together for a great music??
Can you think of the moments in your life when you experience something similar?

Be a great person! Unleash the potential WITHIN you, not what you see in others that you think is good and you want to have too =)

 To be a little blessing::
Just a bright smile can brighten you day! at least that's the case with me =]
+ look at them at their eyes! It gives them comfort and they know that they are given full attention.

   What's is the most rewarding investment you can think of?
For me, it's investing into people's lives, I want to sow into something that will last, and what is that? Soul and Spirit!