The Beggar and the Treasure (Inspirational Speech)

Today I wanna tell you a story of a beggar
This beggar sat on the road for more than 30 years begging for pennies
One day, a man passed the beggar
"'Pare some change?", asked the beggar
The man replied, "I have nothing to give you
But what is this thing you're sitting on?"

The beggar said, "It's an old box I've been sitting on for a long time"
"Have you tried opening it to see what is inside?", the man asked
The beggar replied, "Of course not, there is nothing inside, it is empty"

The man insisted the beggar look inside
And to his surprise, he discovered an abundance of gold and treasure
The beggar had lived almost his entire life begging for pennies
While he sat on a fortune of treasure
So what's the lesson?
All of life's treasures are within

When you're searching outside yourself
When you're begging life to give you things that are within your reach
You'll never experience the fullness of life you deserve
All of life's treasures are within

Don't go through life begging for scraps
When you have unlimited gold within you
Believe in yourself, get up and start taking action
Get up and go for gold
You deserve more than pennies
You deserve more than you've been led to believe you deserve
There is no lack in this world that actually exists outside the limits of our own mind

When you let go of the idea of your limited worth
You open up space for unlimited possibilities
Dig deep for that treasure
Go within and see what you're really made of
Commit to give your all, commit to learn what you can do
To look for the possibilities rather than focus on the restrictions
To speak the positive more than the negative
To work more than you complain
Commit to be strong in the hard times
Commit to find that treasure that is your destiny

Not just the treasure in money or material wealth
The treasure in spirit
The treasure in happiness, and living a life you're proud of
That's what it's all about

Don't tell me you just want the money
I know you, I know why you want the money
You want the money because you think it will make you happy
Once you can buy that car or that house, or appear important to the world
Once you have security or can give money to your family
Then you can be happy

Why not just be happy first?
Why not pull the treasure out first?
Set the example to those around you, that you don't need it
That you aren't attached to it, then, huh, it will flow anyway