THE HUNDREDTH

“He’s worth the whole damn bunch put together.” He’s the first to volunteer and last to quit. He’s the equivalent of fifty fleeted ships packed tight with heaving, hoeing, rowing seamen.

Ninety-nine have some sort of excuse. The Hundredth has no excuse.

Where do you rank among the hundred?

No. 64 is a cheater.

No. 10 is a liar.

No. 44 is a thief.

All three want to be The Hundredth but they can’t.

The Hundredth has imagination without dreaming; the secret of material success.

The Hundredth makes his colleagues proud to know him and his parents proud to have raised him.

Everywhere he goes people notice him. He’s the one whose armor shines bright. He is the American version of the Templar knight.

Girls see him and blush. Boys see him and want to be him. Employers offer him work because they know he’s a sure shot on their return. The envious envy him. He’s everything they will never be. Even the very rich envy him as they know he cannot be bought.

When The Hundredth sees something wrong he goes on and fixes it. And when a thing is to be done he goes and does it. And when something needs to be said he goes on and says it.

The Hundredth man picks up 10 lbs only to set it down and pick up 20 lbs.

The Hundredth man wears his countries colors proudly.

He loves to compete but doesn’t mind losing. He secretly enjoys seeing others win.

He is the power of 10 summed up into one.

He is the missing X.

He will not bend to evil or greed.

Do you know The Hundredth man? If not, don’t be ashamed, he is in short supply.