This is the one lesson of the five in this series that touched me most. Whether it’s true or not is unimportant.

What sacrifices are you prepared to make? If you are to achieve your full potential you are going to have to make some sacrifices. It could be as simple as reducing your valuable TV time by an hour a day – or spending some cash on an e-book rather than a McThingy -BUT you need something to change and that will probably mean you have to stop something you currently do.

If you can’t make that sacrifice then I’m afraid you’ll have to be content with where you are.

LESSON 5 – Giving When it Counts…

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a l ittle girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare & serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. The doctor explained the situation to her
little brother, and asked the little boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister.

I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, “Yes I’ll do it if it will
save her.”

As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did,
seeing the color returning to her cheek. Then his face grew pale and his smile faded.

He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away”.

Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood in order to save her.