Knowledge.

When I was nine years old, my siblings and I were given a dictionary by our grandfather. This was no “children’s” dictionary. It was Websters New Universal Unabridged Dictionary Deluxe Second Edition, a massive 4.3-inch thick book that weighed roughly 15% of my body weight at the time. Engraved on this cinder block was the following:

“Children — the more you refer to this dictionary the more intelligent you will become. Never let a word pass by that you don’t understand its meaning. Always refer to this book with the knowledge that in return its gift to you is knowledge. Love, Grandpa Szypulski, 1986.”

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