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by AUGER MANDENO
The Scroll Marked One
Today I begin a new life。
Today I shed my old skin which hath； too long； suffered the bruises of failure and the wounds of mediority。
Today I am born anew and my birthplace is a vineyard where there is fruit for all。
Today I will pluck grapes of wisdom from the tallest and fullest vines in the vineyard；for these were planted by the wisest of my profession who have e before me；generation upon generation。
Today I will savor the taste of grapes from these vines and verily I will swallow the seed of success buried in each and new life will sprout within me。
The career I have chosen is laden with opportunity yet it is fraught with heartbreak and despair and the bodies of those who have failed； were they piled one atop another； would cast a shadow down upon all the pyramids of the earth。
Yet I will not fail； as the others； for in my hands I now hold the charts which will guide through perilous waters to shores which only yesterday seemed but a dream。
Failure no longer will be my payment for struggle。
Just as nature made no provision for my body to tolerate pain neither has it made any provision for my life to suffer failure。
Failure； like pain； is alien to my life。
In the past I accepted it as I accepted pain。
Now I reject it and I am prepared for wisdom and principles which will guide me out of the shadows into the sunlight of wealth； position； and happiness far beyond my most extravagant dreams until even the golden apples in the Garden of Hesperides will seem no more than my just reward。
Time teaches all things to him who lives forever but I have not the luxury of eternity。
Yet within my allotted time I must practice the art of patience for nature acts never in haste。
To create the olive； king of all trees； a hundred years is required。
An onion plant is old in nine weeks。
I have lived as an onion plant。
It has not pleased me。
Now I wouldst bee the greatest of olive trees and； in truth； the greatest of salesman。
And how will this be acplished？ For I have neither the knowledge nor the experience to achieve the greatness and already I have stumbled in ignorance and fallen into pools of self…pity。
The answer is simple。
I will mence my journey unencumbered with either the weight of unnecessary knowledge or the handicap of meaningless experience。
Nature already has supplied me with knowledge and instinct far greater than any beast in the forest and the value of experience is overrated； usually by old men who nod wisely and speak stupidly。
In truth； experience teaches thoroughly yet her course of instruction devours mens years so the value of her lessons diminishes with the time necessary to acquire her special wisdom。
The end finds it wasted on dead men。
Furthermore； experience is parable to fashion； an action that proved successful today will be unworkable and impractical tomorrow。
Only principles endure and these I now possess； for the laws that will lead me to greatness are contained in the words of these scrolls。
What they will teach me is more to prevent failure than to gain success； for what is success other than a state of mind？ Which two； among a thouand wise men； will define success in the same words； yet failure is always described but one way。
Failure is mans inability to reach his goals in life； whatever they may be。
In truth； the only difference between those who have failed and those who have successed lies in the difference of their habits。
Good habits are the key to all success。
Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure。
Thus； the first law I will obey； which precedeth all others is I will form good habits and bee their slave。
As a child I was slave to my impulses； now I am slave to my habits； as are all grown men。
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