Acarelesswordmaykindlestrife;acruelwordmaywreckalife;atimelywordmaylevelstress;alovingwordmayhealandbless.
Ithurtstolovesomeoneandnotbelovedinreturn.Butwhatismorepainfulistolovesomeoneandneverfindthecouragetoletthatpersonknowhowyoufeel.
Asadthinginlifeiswhenyoumeetsomeonewhomeansalottoyou,onlytofindoutintheendthatitwasnevermeanttobeandyoujusthavetoletgo.
Dreamwhatyouwanttodream;gowhereyouwanttogo;bewhatyouwanttobe,becauseyouhaveonlyonelifeandonechancetodoallthethingsyouwanttodo.
Hewalkeddownhisblockandfoundalotofstores.HepassedaCDstoreandlookedthroughthefrontdoorforasecondashewalked.Hestoppedandwentbacktolookintothestore.Hesawabeautifulgirlabouthisageandheknewitwasloveatfirstsight.Heopenedthedoorandwalkedin,notlookingatanythingelsebuther.Hewalkedcloserandcloseruntilhewasfinallyatthefrontdeskwhereshesat.
Shelookedupandasked,“CanIhelpyou”
Shesmiledandhethoughtitwasthemostbeautifulsmilehehaseverseenbeforeandwantedtokissherrightthere.
Hesaid,“Uh…Yeah…Umm…IwouldliketobuyaCD.”
Hepickedoneoutandgavehermoneyforit.
"Wouldyoulikemetowrapitforyou”sheasked,smilinghercutesmileagain.
Henoddedandshewenttotheback.ShecamebackwiththewrappedCDandgaveittohim.Hetookitandwalkedoutofthestore.
NatureisOurMother:
Letmebeginmyspeechwithareplayofscenesfamiliartomost,ifnotall,ofthosepresentheretoday.
take.take.take..Therelationshipbetweenamotherandachildalwaysseemstofollowsuchapattern.Iknowmymotherisalwaysthereforme,providingmewitheverythingIneed;fromfoodtoclothing,fromtuitiontopocketmoney.Ineverthoughttwiceaboutallshediduntilonedayshesaid,
eAreTheWorld,WeAreTheFuture
Someonesaid“wearereadingthefirstverseofthefirstchapterofabook,whosepagesareinfinite”.Idon’tknowwhowrotethesewords,butI’vealwayslikedthemasareminderthatthefuturecanbeanythingwewantittobe.Weareallinthepositionofthefarmers.Ifweplantagoodseed,wereapagoodharvest.Ifweplantnothingatall,weharvestnothingatall.
Weareyoung.“Howtospendtheyouth”Itisameaningfulquestion.Toanswerit,firstIhavetoask“whatdoyouunderstandbythewordyouth”Youthisnotatimeoflife,it’sastateofmind.It’snotamatterofrosycheeks,redlipsorsuppleknees.It’sthematterofthewill.It’sthefreshneofthedeepspringoflife.
Apoetsaid“Toseeaworldinagrainofsand,andaheaveninawildflower,holdinfinityinthepalmofyourhand,andeternityinanhour.Severaldaysago,Ihadachancetolistentoalecture.Ilearntalotthere.I’dliketoshareitwithallofyou.Let’sshowourrightpalms.Wecanseethreelinesthatshowhowourlove.careerandlifeis.Ihaveashortlineoflife.
WhataboutyoursIwonderedwhetherwecouldseeourfutureinthisway.Well,let’smakeafist.Whereisourfuture
Whereisourlove,career,andlifeTellme.Yeah,itisinourhands.Itisheldinourselves.
Weallwantthefuturetobebetterthanthepast.Butthefuturecangobetteritself.Don’tcrybecauseitisover,smilebecauseithappened.Fromthepast,we’velearntthatthelifeistough,butwearetougher.We’velearntthatwecan’tchoosehowwefeel,butwecanchoosewhataboutit.Failuredoesn’tmeanyoudon’thaveit,itdoesmeanyoushoulddoitinadifferentway.Failuredoesn’tmeanyoushouldgiveup,itdoesmeanyoumusttryharder.
AswhatIsaidatthebeginning,“wearereadingthefirstverseofthefirstchapterofabook,whosepagesareinfinite”.Thepasthasgone.Nothingwedowillchangeit.Butthefutureisinfrontofus.Believethatwhatwegivetotheworld,theworldwillgivetous.Andfromtodayon,let’sbetheownersofourselves,andspeakout“Wearetheworld,wearethefuture.”