Things about life

Speech

This is just a speech I would like to say

We live in an age where diversity is accepted by few, and denied by many.
We live in an age where children starve to death because their parents cannot support them. We live an age where tens of thousands of people are killed every year. For what? A pocket full of change? I nice purse? A new cellphone?

We as humans accept these wrong doings as if we have no choice but to look back and reflect on the moment. Within a matter of days, we forget. This has always troubled me.

I know a lot of people may wonder why we should even care. They wonder why I said "we" instead of I.
This world is branded with exclusivity, and if you're not up to date on these things, you're exiled. You're looked down up. In the eyes of other, you're feeble.

Not in my eyes.
Not in our eyes.

I say "our" because I know that I am not alone in my endeavor. Some days I wake up and don't even know what I'm working towards. My goals become so far out of reach that the vastness that fills the gap between my goals and myself seems impossible to hurdle.
Then I remember that I'm not the only one.

I am not the only one who has struggled to find a reason to want to survive. I'm not the only one who has suffered the detention that is my mind.
I'm not the only one who is plagued with sorrow and doubt. But why?

Every life has value. Whether you see it or not, it is there. The reason for this is because every life has potential. Your potential is the very essence that keeps you going.

I've seen stronger and more experienced people than myself falter and wither away.

I've seen people younger and more unfortunate than myself blossom and grow.

I personally have been beaten, neglected, homeless, addicted, suicidal... I've been hopeless.
I've seen nights where I prayed that I wouldn't wake up. I'm not a follower of gods, but the off chance that maybe one was watching me then eased my malice.

I've been angry. I've judged. I've claimed to hate people that I know nothing about. I hated them because they weren't me. They didn't share my struggle nor my pain. I hated them because they seemed fortunate enough to give me a hand, and they didn't.

I haven't seen it all, but I've seen more than most men in their early twenties have seen. I've felt self loathing. I've felt like a burden. I've felt my heart shrink and shatter. I've felt left behind in the ways of the world.

What's more important is the ways we react. Due to unforseen events, I'm happily past my time of need. I'm fortunate to have a career path that I love. I'm fortune to live in a town that I adore. I'm fortunate to wake up every day with my family.

Others aren't so lucky.

Regardless of your circumstances. Place gender, religion, race, weight and ethnic origin at the wayside. Because when you've accomplished your goals, they won't matter.
When you've achieved true happiness, once you've felt pure bliss, none of what you had to go through to get there will matter. Don't forget your struggles. Learn from them and move on. Share them. Be the helping hand that could save someone's life.

I know some of us doubt ourselves.
We'll say things like "I can't. I'm not strong enough. I'm too weak. I'm too poor." You're not.
If it appears that no one has faith in you, believe that we do.

You can push past whatever obstacle may lay in your path. I promise you.
You'll have to push harder than you have ever pushed before.
You may want to give up, but you have to convince yourself to keep pushing.
Just when you think you're to the point that you can't push any longer, a door will open up for you.

When you're time comes. When you're chance arrives, take it.
Take that shot. Make it like your life depends on it.

Once you've gotten back up and realized that you're triumphant, you'll forever be grateful and you'll never forget it.

You've got nothing to prove to anyone, except for yourself.

If you've taken the time to read this.
Thank you.