I Wanted To Continue To Be Active

If You Believe In Making Change From The Bottom Up, If You Believe The Measure Of Change Is How Many People's Lives Are Better, You Know It's Hard And Some People Think It's Boring. Speeches Like This Are Fun, Actually Doing The Work Is Hard.

Today’s Generation Of Young People Holds More Power Than Any Generation Before It To Make A Positive Impact On The World.

I Learned A Lot From The Stories My Uncle, Aunts, And Grandparents Told Me: That No One Is Perfect But Most People Are Good; That People Can't Be Judged Only By Their Worst Or Weakest Moments; That Harsh Judgements Make Hypocrites Of Us All; That A Lot Of Life Is Just Showing Up And Hanging On; That Laughter Is Often The Best, And Sometimes Only Response To Pain.

I Always Get Nervous When People Start Talking About Legacies.

These Dilemmas Present Perhaps The Most Enduring Conundrum Of Human History: Can People Derive Their Identity Primarily By Positive Association Or Does Life's Meaning Also Require Negative Comparison To Others?