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I keep going back to this and find more every time.
This link has both the audio and the words. I find value in reading it along with listening to her spoken words. I marvel at the wisdom of one so young.
For there is always light,
if only we're brave enough to see it.
If only we're brave enough to be it.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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It was pretty astounding to hear those words from such a young person. Who she is, where she was, what she said - pretty awe-inspiring.
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Another Demigod and weren't we lucky she was black.
This is your mind on drugs!
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Why so sour about an inspirational poem by a bright, articulate young woman, Mike? Or was it the message of hope that you objected to?
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