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THE
ANSWER TO SUN TZU
"Competition"
"He
who wants what other men have or can do will not become
a Great Man."
This the reply to the young Sun Tzu's question, "How
can I become one of the best of all men? "Stand
alone, compare yourself to yourself and not to any other
man or woman," she went on to say. "He who
competes with other men will remain mortal, but he who
is inspired to walk and then run up his own mountain,
will attain immortality. He who competes, does not climb
and he who climbs, climbs alone, for the mountain is
steep and the rewards are the joys of wisdom attained
‑ not the rewards of the flesh. The measure of
the man is not how he compares to other men, but how
he stands alone, without the support of other men; and
he, by being his own man, carves his own standard as
a leader of men. Only those who can be considered leaders
of men can be called Great, for that which they have
learned is Great. And what is a leader of men, but he
who can feel and therefore know, what is right action
and what is good for one and all. He who truly leads,
leads his men to blend independence and dependence into
interdependence. Independence is having the courage
to think the thoughts of the heart, and this one having
first been independent then learns to have ultimate
dependence upon his heart, thus is born
interdependence! Out of interdependence comes individuality,
an indivisible man, a man who is ruled by no Mortal,
but only ruled by his heart as to right and wrong: action,
speech or thought. This one compares himself to no man
and competes with no man, for he is ever changing and
growing and learning and becoming greater in wisdom.
And so Great Men and Great Women are those who are Great
in Wisdom, wisdom which they have learned from the teachings
of their own hearts. Wise is he who looks not at other
men to see what they have, but instead, to within himself,
to seek and then find the secret wealth of talents that
lie within his heart and soul. Having found these treasures
of true wealth of talent, wiser still is he who has
the courage to walk his own path ‑ to nourish,
develop and harvest his talents to his own joy, that
he may present them to the world as gifts. This One
‑ by his example ‑ uplifts men's hearts
and directs their souls to find their own individual
Greatness."
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