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The other quote that I would like to share is today’s scripture: Matthew 25: The Parable of the Talents. Now, to tell this story, Jesus only needed two examples: he who worked with what he was given versus he who did not. But, by using three examples, Jesus makes a second point: the two workers who proved themselves to be good and faithful servants received different sized gifts from their master: the first got five talents, the second got three. And yet, by working with what they were given, both pleased their master. So: We can’t control how many talents we get. I know I’m not the genius who got five. But I must work with the three or one I got, not bemoan the full handful given to Mozart, Shakespeare, Picasso, Orson Welles or Lin-Manuel Miranda.