Go BACK and READ that title again!!!
DO IT six times.....maybe twelve.....
READ IT out LOUD......
Let it ABSORB into YOU before you continue reading!!!
WHO was Ben Franklin????
AND why should that matter today???
Ben Franklin lived from 1706 to 1790.....
He is the ONLY "Non-President" on U.S. currency.....
YES.....he was a VERY active "Founding Father".....
He helped birth the NEW nation......
Known as The United States Of America!!
Allow me to show YOU, Ben Franklin.....
Benjamin Franklin is known as......
**** a polymath
-which means a person of great learning in several fields of study
**** a leading author and printer
- he wrote Poor Richard's Almanac
- and published and printed The Philadelphia Gazette
**** a satirist
**** a political theorist
**** a politician
**** a statesman
**** a civic activist
**** a soldier
**** a diplomat
**** formed the first Public Lending Library
**** formed the first Fire Department in Pennsylvania
**** a scientist
-through his discoveries and theories for electricity
****an inventor
- things like bifocals, the lightning rod, a carriage odometer
- the Franklin stove
- the glass "armonica"
While on vacation in Williamsburg, VA in March....
We saw a demonstration of the glass armonica replica.....
He first saw it in France.....
Came back to the states and had it built......
Crystal bowls of varying sizes.....
A hole drilled out of the bottom.....
Cork placed in the hole to put it on a spindle.....
It made beautiful music!!
And still does, to this day!!!
As a writer, his wisdom was profound....
His Poor Richard's Almanac was very popular....
He made people aware of things.....
Relevant to their current day......
Politically, socially, and morally.......
Through stories and tales......
The amazing thing about those stories.....
Is they STILL teach US today!!!!
300 years AFTER they were originally penned!!
Most people will say that Ben Franklin.....
Was a gifted Man...
He was talented.....
He was blessed.....
He was a philosopher.....
Do YOU want to know the truth about Ben Franklin????
Ben Franklin WAS Ben Franklin.....
Because HE ALLOWED HIMSELF to BE Ben Franklin!!
Ben Franklin came from working class roots.....
His formal education came to an end at age 10.....
He worked for his father in his candle shop.....
At age 12, became an apprentice in his brother's print shop....
So HE did not get his Wisdom from scholars in schools....
He got his wisdom, his talent, his tenacity......
By ALLOWING himself to BE!!
He ALLOWED himself to become.....
He ALLOWED himself to be open....
He ALLOWED himself to listen.....
He ALLOWED himself to watch.....
He ALLOWED himself to be curious.....
Come on now, who in there right mind.....
Flies a kite in a lightning storm?????
He was no smarter than YOU or I.....
Until he ALLOWED himself to learn from his experiences....
From those experiences he started writing.....
As a young teenager, he secretly wrote....
Letters from Mrs Silence Dogood, a middle aged widow....
These letters became the talk of the town.....
At age 21, he started a group called Junto....
A group of "like minded aspiring artisans and tradesmen".....
"Who hoped to improve themselves".......
"While they improve their community!!!!"
WOW, where have I heard that before????
Do YOU see where I am trying to go with this my friend???
Ben Franklin was no special man.....
He was no different than YOU or I.......
But once he ALLOWED himself to BE........
He became whatever he wanted to BE!!!!
He invented, he wrote, he applied himself......
And the rest, as we say, is History!!
So WHAT is stopping YOU?????
Oh, YOU are going to hate me for this!!!!
YOU are stopping YOU!!!
Open yourself UP......
ALLOW yourself to BE......
ALLOW yourself to BECOME......
What YOU are supposed to become......
Because my great-grandchildren cannot wait.....
To be reading about YOU!!!!
One day, Mr Franklin was sitting on a bench....
A young boy approached him and asked him....
"Mr Franklin, I want to be a great writer, as YOU are....."
Can YOU teach me how to do it????"
Mr Franklin looked at the lad, stroking his chin....
He replied, "Yes, young man, I can.....to get started....."
"Go home and write some poems!!"
"Poems???" the young man queried....
"I want to be a great Author, as you are Sir!!"
"Yes, My Son", came the wise man's reply.....
"But, YOU have to start somewhere, first!!!"
What about YOU?????
In order to become something great.....
FIRST, You must ALLOW yourself to become great....
THEN, you have to get started!!!
Every Millionaire started out with NOTHING.....
They worked at it.....and allowed themselves....
To BECOME a Millionaire!!!
WOW!!!
I am ALLOWING myself to BE who I AM......
In case you do not know by now......
I AM.........JASON NAGEL
Call or text: 585-202-3333
Email: Jason@JasonNagel.com
My Blog: www.TheManGiant.com
This story, "Can You ALLOW Yourself To BECOME A Ben Franklin", is a featured story in the soon to be released book titled, Life Lesson Stories, Book One, available on this and other websites soon. Email me to receive more information or updates on release dates: Jason@JasonNagel.com
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