Abraham Lincoln knew if he sold himself, he was reducing his value. He was devaluing himself and giving pedigree and pride to others. He believed that the support he was having from the populace was not a cheap one but one that consisted of believe and faith. He had hard earned the confidence of all those voters. He remembered the many times he had failed and he realized that the far he has gotten to is because people believed in his capability. He had not gotten his success so easily and he was not ready to lose it to a few million dollars. When he made policies that, some of his contemporaries tried to bribe him out of, he chose to defend his policies and protect them. He was a man.
Sell your strength and brain to the highest bidders and never put a price tag on your heart and soul. This was his word to his son. He was saying that only the best deserve your capabilities. He desired his son to aim for the very best, seek the highest position, and drive towards the top. Like Abraham Lincoln, Parents and teachers should push away from mediocrity. They are to show example to their wards as Lincoln did. They are to aim for the highest achievement. Teach the children how they are to position themselves for the best. They should not search for mediocre opportunities when they can afford to get the best out of life.
Your strength has to go to the highest bidders, people who will appreciate the hardwork and tenacity of purpose with which you work. You have to strive for great opportunities, where you will be valued and encouraged to work at your highest capacity. Only those who put a high price tag on you value you. Their high value makes them place their price tag on you.
Parents are to help their wards aim towards the best positions available and strive to be considered good enough for the best. Children need to develop the great virtues of hardwork and sterling performance, the kind that will increase their value and place them at the pedestal of great performance. The development of skill and talent is of utmost importance if a child must stand out. Lincoln knew what his son had inside him. He did not want to see those things crash like a pack of cards. He wanted to have him associate with the best minds. Every parent want to see their wards work with the best company, achieve with the best people, and reach great heights with the best hands.
Teachers being couriers have a mandate to push their wards through to the top. Every teacher would be proud to see his students become CEOs of blue chip firms, presidents of industries and icons in different field of endeavors. That is the teacher’s joy.
Abraham Lincoln desired his son’s teacher to share in the joy of what he foresaw as a glorious future. He delighted in the pride that the future will welcome him into and he wanted to see that pride come through. He was no mediocre father so his son would be no mediocre.
Children have to put great value on themselves. They must know who they are and work towards the fulfillment of the persons they so desire to be. They should begin their lives with waking from sleep and yearning towards the achievement of a glorious feat. Great people are not cheap.
Teach them the value of conscience and how that it should not be sold for money. As much as money can buy everything, money cannot buy one thing, conscience. Children should learn that they have a right to what they believe and stand for and that they should not cower when people offer to bribe them to change their stand.
Abraham Lincoln believed this. He did not have money to win elections but he got the peoples vote, not by bribing but by the people choosing to stand for a conscience. Abraham did not shake when he faced the greatest threats of his life as president. He stood for the right, refused the selling of his conscience, and has forever sealed his place in the grand books of this world.
Do not offer your value for mere money that will disappear soon. Seal your conscience for the best and aim towards the future attainment of your goals.