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The Haves and the Have-Nots

all men and women. But nature gives you things in
potential terms and not in actual terms. It is up to
you to turn your potential into a reality. Don’t blame
destiny but discover your own capacity: you can create
your destiny on your own. The only condition is that
you have to discover your potential and translate it into
an actuality.
The word ‘have-not’ is only a negative name for
those who are born with a differently-abled personality.
Those who are born in poor conditions, have a
greater incentive to improve their lot in life. This is in
accordance with the law of nature. It is this incentive
that is basically responsible for all kinds of progress.
Therefore, the natural formula in this regard is: the
greater the incentive, the greater the development, the
poorer the incentive, the poorer the development.

Those who are categorized as have-nots are, in fact,
people of who have to struggle, and it is by struggling
that you can achieve all kinds of success. According
to a survey, people who were born in poor African or
Asian countries and then migrated to the U.S.A. are
now earning more than the average American. This is
the miracle of hard labour. In the past they were poor
people and now they are rich people living in greatly
improved conditions. What is the reason for this? It
is nothing but having an incentive to do better. It is a
fact that rich people are deprived of such an incentive.
Incentive is the monopoly of poor people.
Seen in this perspective, the have-nots are more
fortunate than the haves. In fact, the have-nots are
the super haves. The have-nots have an incentive to

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