Today, I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

A mulberry leaf touched with the genius of man becomes silk for a kings garment. A field of clay touched with the genius of man becomes a castle. A rock touched with the genius of man becomes a supersonic aeroplane. A mound of sand when touched with the genius of man becomes a super computer.

If it’s possible for leaves and clay and rock and sand to have their value multiplied a hundredfold, in fact a thousandfold by man, cannot I do the same with the clay that bares my name?

Today, I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

My life is comparable to a grain of wheat which faces one of three futures. The wheat can be placed in a sack and in a stall until it is fed to swine. Or it can be ground to flower and made into bread. Or it can be placed in the earth and allowed to grow until its golden head divides and creates an abundance of grains from the one.

I am akin to a grain of wheat with one difference, the wheat cannot choose whether it is fed to swine, made into bread or planted to multiply. I have a choice and I will not let myself be fed to swine nor would I let it be ground under the rocks of expectancy and mediocrity to be broken open and devoured by the will of others.

Today, I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

To grow and multiply it is necessary to plant the wheat grain in the cold and darkness of the earth. My failures, my despair, my ignorance, and my inabilities are the darkness in which I planted myself in, in order to ripen. Now, like the wheat grain which will sprout and blossom only if it is nurtured with rain and sun and warm winds, I too must nurture my body and mind to fulfil my dreams. But, to grow to full stature the wheat must wait on the whims of nature. I need not wait for I have the power to choose my own destiny.

Today, I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

And how will I accomplish this? First I will set goals for the day, the week, the month, the year and my life. Just as the rain must fall before the wheat cracks its shell and sprout, so must I have objectives before my life will crystallise.  In setting my goals I will consider my best performance of the past and multiply it a hundredfold. This will be the standard by which I will live in the future. Never will I be of concern that my goals are too high for is it not better to aim at the moon and fly only to space, than to aim only at space and fail to depart?

Today, I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

The height of my goals will not hold me in awe though I may stumble often before they are reached. If I stumble I will rise and my falls will not concern me for all men must stumble often to reach the hearth. Only a worm is free from the worry of stumbling. I am not a worm. I am not a sheep. I am a man. Let others build a cave with their clay. I will build a castle with mine.

Today, I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

And just as the sun must warm the earth to bring forth the seedling of wheat so, too, will the words on these scrolls warm my life and turn my dreams into reality. Today I will surpass every action which I performed yesterday. I will climb higher than today, and the next will be higher than tomorrow. To surpass the deeds of others is unimportant; to surpass my deeds is all.

Today, I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

And just as the warm winds guide the wheat to maturity, the same wind will carry my voice to those who will listen and my words will announce my goals. Once spoken I dare not recall or renounce my goals. I will be as my own profit and though all may laugh at my utterances they will hear my plans, they will know my dreams; and thus there will be no escape for me until my words become accomplished deeds.

Today, I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

I will not commit the terrible crime of aiming too low. For this wastes time and a waste of time is a waste of life. I will do the work that a failure will not do. I will always let my reach exceed my grasp. I will never be content with my performance in the market. I will always raise my goals as soon as they are attained. I will always strive to make the next hour better than this one.

I will always announce my goal to the world. Yet, never will I proclaim my accomplishments. Let the world, instead, approach me with praise and may I have the wisdom to receive it in humility.

Today, I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

One grain of wheat when multiplied a hundred fold will produce a hundred stalks. Multiply these a hundredfold, ten times, and they will feed all the cities on earth. Am I not more than a grain of wheat?

Today, I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

And when it is done I will do it again, and again and there will be astonishment and wonder at my greatness as the words of these scrolls are fulfilled in me.