-president obama
You know what I realized.. I deeply admire greatness: great people, great things. Just the idea is very empowering and admirable: the drive, passion, and will to carry out and do what you feel deepest in your heart. Ok, I know Hitler can fall under this category, but it's what you do with it. Greatness in being able to move people and give them hope to do good things, greatness in being able to talk to a class of students and hold them captive with your words and stories. I admire Abraham Lincoln, FDR, Victor Hugo- reading about these people really inspire me. Also: LITERATURE TEACHERS! All the ones I had in high school- Flanagan, Jones, Bertenshaw, Thompson- allllll great at making me admire the power of literature, the written word, the magical storyteller. In addition, I especially admire those in the ARTS- music, design, film. I'm amazeddd by what people can do and I'm really jealous of all that talent ! -__- Musicians, graphic designers are sometimes more impressive to me than... a lawyer? You know? No offense intended.
I think I just realized now what I want my new year's resolution to be. And I'm not late, either, for it is the Lunar New Year today (chuc mung nam moi). I want to do greater things this year, not just for myself (in school, in being a person), but for others too (my family, friends, community). I think I realized the other day, after spending, what, $160 more on shopping, that I do have a lot of nice things and that I don't really need more. I should focus more on giving back.
Monday, January 26, 2009
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YES! I THINK I KNOW JUST WHAT YOU MEAN
that's been my theme for a long while now, just the thought of greatness, of what is grand, but not in the ornate elaborate sense, more of the uplifting kind, that possessed high from some burst of ambition, i love those who have it and i want to have it too
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