there was a day that I became wealthy
I'll tell you a day I know that day I
was rich I was broke I was pissed I was
angry at everybody else but who myself
but really underneath it I was mad at
myself
I just couldn't beat myself up anymore
so I was pissed and I had a friend that
I loaned money to and I had barely
enough and I knew he needed it and I
gave him $1,200 and I'm here not able to
eat I'm down to like 25 26 dollars and
I'm sandy him calling him and he's not
returning my call and I just need some
money he's ignoring me I didn't
ordinance I'm pissed I'm frustrated in
the midst of all this I'm also pragmatic
I got 25 and change called $26 what the
hell am I gonna do I don't have any
plans for economics I got overhead
that's crazy I'm living this little tiny
apartment for and square feet and Venice
California so I thought okay when I was
totally broke earlier on when I was 17 I
used to save my money up and go to the
smorgasbord and load up for a Christmas
you know load up for the week so I said
I'm Zen Venice I'm gonna go over to
Marina del Rey where all the yachts are
and there's place there called
El Torito and I'm gonna go they have an
all-you-can-eat smorgasbord I'm gonna
load up for the winter I'm gonna get
there so I didn't drive there cuz I
wasn't gonna spend the gas to get there
plus I need the walk so I walked there
and I go in I'm not dressed really great
but Marina del Rey it's okay and I got a
place right by the window and I can see
these yachts going by and I'm dreaming
of what life could be like and I'm
starting to let go of my anger and I'm
starting to start focused on what I want
instead of what I don't want normally
follow say I and that shifted me just a
bit and now I'm eating which shifted me
a lot and I got this giant plate stacked
up and I don't know what the Mount was
like whatever it was 695 795 right so
I'm going to do this I could probably do
this three or four times right somewhere
that range as I'm finishing my meal this
little boy comes in dressed in a little
suit I honestly don't know how old he be
probably in the third grade so maybe
eight years old nine years old something
like that and he was so adorable and he
opened the door for his mother as men he
was attractive lady and he came over he
pull out the seat for and she sat down
and I was she was a pretty lady but
pretty she was I was totally obsessed by
this boy he was just he had presence at
7 or 8 years old and it moved me I don't
know why I just didn't move me and I
thought this kid is like pure he's I
wanted to always be this way he's such a
good kid he's a giver so I got up and I
paid for the meal and whatever it was
six seven bucks so now I've got whatever
left 17 18 19 dollars and I walk up this
little boy I said excuse me and I said I
just want to acknowledge you for being
such an extraordinary gentleman I said I
saw the way you treated your lady how
you open the door how you pulled the
chair out
I said that's class I said my name's
Tony what's yours
they don't honest members named Charlie
or something and he looked up at me and
I said charlie I said that's amazing
taking your date out for a lunch like
this he goes well actually she's my mom
and I said that's even more cool and I
said he said oh but I I'm not taking a
lunch cuz I'm just I think he said it
was eight I said oh yes you are
I had no plan for this I just reach in
my pocket I took all the money I had
left seventeen eighty ninety dollars and
I put on the table I said you're taking
her to lunch he looked up at me and he
goes I can't take that
I said sure you can he said why cuz I'm
bigger than you are and he smiled real
big and I didn't even look at his mom I
just turned and walked away and I didn't
walk out of that door flew home I should
have been freaking out how am I gonna
eat but I didn't I
flew because something inside of me and
finally got past scarcity and finally
realized there's something inside of us
more than our limits especially on this
thing called money that I had let
terrorize me I got home and the mailman
came that day and I had no idea I was
gonna have my next meal
and if Blatter comes and it's from the
guy I loaned the money to
handwritten notes saying I've been
avoiding you it's wrong I'm so sorry you
were there when I needed you
here's what I owe you plus a little bit
more and the 1200 was there that's not a
hundred for the time that I had to take
care of it
and for me thirteen or dollars that was
enough to like run my show for a month
or two and I cried and then I decided
what does this mean I thought this means
that whenever you give it's always going
to come back so you don't have to ever
think about that
but again just give the rewards to be
great and you can ever imagine
I don't know if that's coincidence but I
decided to believe that day was the
blessing when I became rich and I can
tell you honestly I've had tough days in
my life economically emotionally like
all of us but I've never gone back to
the scarcity I never will the secret to
living is giving do it when you don't
have it and I promise you scarcity will
leave your life