Let me just share here what happened on Saturday. I went to Menara Great Eastern for yet another of those sales-related seminars. I was particularly looking forward to this one because the speaker, who is known as Mr Sugu, is one of the contracted speakers for my sales group D' Champions. He speaks at their meetings on Monday night at every first Monday of the month for the year, and his specialty is to deliver talks that concern mental strength, something I've always been interested in. But so far, I had never had the privilege to attend any of Mr Sugu's Monday talks, mostly due to work commitments with The Star. So when my manager Gary offered to sponsor me to this Saturday talk typically titled "Breaking the mental barrier", I just had to attend. No excuses.

The talk was interesting, no doubt. Very educational and motivating, and very honest in many aspects. Dealt with all the issues that life insurance agents face, such as fear, worry and stuff. But then it became more interesting when Sugu started touching on belief, and how the human mind can harness the strength from what it believes in. He then decided to involve the Bible, and inevitably, God.

His words, as far as I can remember: "I believe inwhat the Bible says. And I believe in God. The Bible says 'WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.' And I believe that. I'm only a human. And the things I can do are limited. I can only do so much. But there is nothing impossible for God. He can do everything, and that's why He's God, He's there.

"And if you do not believe in God, you would not be able to believe that all things are possible, because in your mind you think you know there are things that are impossible. But if you believe in Him, you know He can do things that are 'impossible'."

For the whole 8-hour seminar, while it was all in all a good talk, that was the only part that brought tears to my eyes. But tears to my eyes there were. I even had to hold it back lest I embarass myself next to my two team members Emily and Celine. In all of the sales motivation seminars that I've attended, NOT A SINGLE ONE of the speakers actually gave thanks or reminded us to keep faith and thank Him for our blessings.

"I thank my manager for bringing me into thisfantastic business..."
"This was the small car I was driving five years ago,and this is the BMW I'm currently driving now..."
"This was my house last time, and look at my bungalow now..."
"This is my income. I'm making RM1mil per year..."

Deep inside I wasn't looking for SUCH motivation. To me, even if you can amass all the riches in the world, but if you do not know how to give thanks, especially to Him, it's meaningless. Everyone I know, knows I'm not in the slightest bit the most religious person. I don't even go to church! But, at that moment, Sugu's quote of Matthew 19:26 just touched some deep nerve in me.




He ended the day's seminar with a "God bless all ofyou."

God bless you too, Mr Sugu, and all of you who are reading this.In Yeshuah's name...