If your car gets stuck in the mud, with your wheels spinning but you’re going nowhere, what do you do? You look around for something to wedge in front of your tires, then patiently step on the accelerator. If that doesn’t work, you search for something else. When you find the right thing you will get unstuck and quickly move on to your destination.

If someone asked you for a loan, would you agree? You would probably think it depended on who that person was. If was someone you didn’t know well, you would be afraid of losing your money.

But what if that person had guarantors? If you felt you could rely on them, you most likely would give that person a loan.

And what if the guarantor was the Government of the United States? Then you would definitely give that person a loan, as you would have total confidence you’d get your money back.

When you give charity, you are, in effect, extending a loan to the ‘Government of the Universe’. When you give graciously to the poor, you are extending a loan guaranteed by The Almighty. He will repay all that is due you, including interest. In this world, He will ensure you get back what you loaned. In the next world, you will get the full interest on your loan.

When science discovered how to unleash the power of the atom, we learned that size doesn’t always relate to power. What matters is knowing how to unleash the tremendous energy hidden within the tiniest of things.

You can unleash that energy within you as well, and not though science. The secret is to limit your ego, allowing your inner, Divine essence to come through. This will generate tremendous energy among the seven billion others on our planet.

You are that small atom among billions. Within you lies the power to create a positive and powerful change in our world.