so this is it. the last saturday of break. :( *sniffle sniffle* and i'm stuck here at home trying to write one of my speeches. i am the worst procrastinator in the world. no joke. i really am. but the thing is, i always get away with it. maybe i work the best under lots of pressure?? that might be it.. my speech is about how all of us can and should change the world. here's something to think about...
We have been endowed with gifts that we often fail to realize or to use.
We have the gift of thought and reflection, allowing us to grapple with the world’s problems and to find creative solutions.
We have the gift of memory, making it possible for us to learn from our mistakes and those of others.
We have the gift of voice and language, enabling us to communicate and to make our voices heard.
We have the gift of conscience, enabling us to determine for ourselves right from wrong.
We have the gift of creativity, allowing us to add to the world’s already enormous store of beauty through arts and literature, philosophies and religions, sciences and engineering, and day-to-day problem solving.
We have the gift of empathy, allowing us to understand another’s hurt and sorrow and to reach out with compassion and love.
We have the gift of mobility, making it possible for us to go where we are needed.
We have the gift to make and use tools, enabling us to extend our powers dramatically.
We have the gift of love, making it possible to share closely with others the incredible gift of life in all its richness and beauty as well as in its sorrow and suffering.

We all have these gifts. Now let's use them wisely. “The time has come when speaking is not enough, applauding is not enough. We have to act.” ~Jacques Cousteau