George Washington Carver was born in a slave shack on a cotton farm.  You know his story -- how he became a member of the Royal Academy, distinguished himself in science, and helped discover countless uses of the peanut and the sweet potato, which helped salvage the economy of cotton-growing areas with depleted soil. 

Dr. Carver was not only a distinguished man of science, a fine teacher, and an inspiration to many people, he was a humble man of God.  He began each day by spending an hour in prayer, and he once shared what part of that prayer time was for him.  He said he would sit down and say, “Lord, this is your humble servant, George Carver.  Now what do you have for both of us to do today?”

I like that.  Imagine the difference it would make if corporate executives, political leaders, parents, men and women, sat down for an hour of prayer each day and said, “Lord, now what do you have for both of us to do today?”