During the 6-month, life transformational Master Key Experience (MKE) several books take center stage. The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino is one of them.
On the back inside cover of the Bantam paperback edition of Mr. Mandino’s masterpiece, it is pointed out that Og is the most widely read inspirational and self-help author in the world today. For good reason. Not only have his many books sold millions of copies, “thousands and thousands of people from all walks of life have openly credited” him “for turning their lives around…”
This occurrence underscores the success TGS has enjoyed in achieving what is sub-titled, “YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE WITH THE PRICELESS WISDOM OF TEN ANCIENT SCROLLS HANDED DOWN OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS.” and why with MKE’s purpose so much in alignment, this wonderful classic has been given such a prominent place in the MKE curriculum.
Here because of the glorious way it takes many of the most meaningful thoughts scattered throughout the text and condenses them in one place so eloquently, I’ve copied word for word the prayer set off with italics located at the end of the chapter speaking about “The Scroll Marked X.”
Oh creator of all things, help me. For this day I go out into the world naked and alone, and without your hand to guide me I wander far from the path which leads to success and happiness.
I ask not for gold or garments or even opportunities equal to my ability; instead, guide me so that I acquire ability equal to my opportunities.
You have taught the lion and the eagle how to hunt and prosper with teeth and claw. Teach me how to hunt with words and prosper with love, so that I am a lion among men and an eagle in the marketplace.
Help me to remain humble through obstacles and failures; yet hide not from mine eyes the prize that comes with victory.
Assign the task to which others have failed, yet guide me to pluck the seeds of success from their failures. Confront me with fears that temper my spirit, yet endow with courage to laugh at my misgivings.
Spare me sufficient days to reach my goals yet help me to live this day as though it is my last.
Guide me in my words that they bear fruit; yet silence me from gossip that none be maligned.
Discipline me in the habit of trying and trying again, yet show me the way to make use of the law of averages. Favor me with alertness to recognize opportunity; yet endow me with patience which concentrates my strength.
Bathe me and good habits that the bad ones drown; yet grant me compassion for weaknesses in others. Suffer me to know that all things pass; yet help me to count my blessings of today.
Expose me to hate so it is not a stranger; yet fill my cup with love to turn strangers into friends.
But all these things be only if they are. I am a small and a lonely grape clutching the vine yet thou has made me different from all others. Verily, there must be a special place for me. Guide me. Help me. Show me the way.
Let me become all you planned for me when my seed was planted and selected by you to sprout in the vineyard of the world.
Help this humble salesman. Guide me, God.
CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS “MASTER KEY EXPERIENCE” THING?
This is what MKE guide/mentor, Day Boswell, in her blog has to say:
Do you know what success looks like?
I continue to find deep inspiration from several sources, but my friends from the Master Key Experience, who encourage me to stay true to the success formula, and keep sharing their own successes, well, that’s just pure magic for me. Take Michael Puffer, for example. Michael is also a guide in the program, and he’s launching a charity to help those with brain injuries. Then there’s Darren Davis, another guide, who, along with this sons, created the Global Heroes series to honor those who are going the extra mile for others. So many others who have finished the program and created success in their lives continue to give back, and I am honored to be one of them.
So what does success look like for you? Do you know what you want? Are you living the success formula to get it? The hands-on support, the real-life advice from people who have been there and done that is worth the price of admission (only $1, by the way)!
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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Loren, thanks for sharing this special prayer from Og. You have a talent putting your thoughts into words. I highly recommend people investigating MKE. Thank you for your blog. From your blog rover friend John.
I appreciate Og’s writing so much. Thank you for sharing it.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Loren
Thank you, Julie! If you were somehow able to access our blog rover Marco Polos, then you would realize this post was inspired by Eulaine. Therefore, she is really the one that deserves all the credit. 🙂
Og’s writing is one of my favorites and I love that you have been adding Mark J’s Teaching Tuesday and Thoughtful Thursday YouTube videos, in the last 2 blogs you wrote. I have been doing the same and I love your introduction of the videos by the way. I might even copy them from you. Great blog post. Your interim guide friend, Elena
A perfect paring like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, is the works of Og Mandino and the Master Key Experience. Thank you for serving an excellent portion of wisdom.
Yes, Roz, Og, and the Master Key Experience definitely go hand-in-hand. Thanks for pointing that out! 🙂
Loren, I especially love that you quoted this in your blog: “Teach me how to hunt with words and prosper with love…” I appreciate that you embody that. And thanks for this post about Og and for including the Scroll X prayer from the “lonely grape.” What a great eye-catching title for your blog!
Your eye is definitely worth catching, Shirley! Thanks for being such an integral part of the Master Key Experience self-directed thinking movement! 🙂
I love the prayer you shared with all of us 💜🙏
I don’t feel nearly so lonely now, Brenda! Thanks for the friendly squeeze! 🙂