WEBVTT 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:04.170 you were not a mistake you were not an 00:00:01.949 --> 00:00:05.430 accident you were here for a reason I 00:00:04.170 --> 00:00:07.560 know you're going through some hard 00:00:05.430 --> 00:00:09.510 times I know life at times might feel 00:00:07.560 --> 00:00:11.250 rough or you might feel weird or things 00:00:09.510 --> 00:00:13.230 might be frustrating but it's not going 00:00:11.250 --> 00:00:16.770 to always be like this your condition 00:00:13.230 --> 00:00:18.420 it's not your conclusion I've got to 00:00:16.770 --> 00:00:21.060 just take me five minutes to kind of 00:00:18.420 --> 00:00:24.180 just unpack my story so that you have an 00:00:21.060 --> 00:00:28.740 idea of who I am and why I speak with 00:00:24.180 --> 00:00:30.359 the passion that I speak with there was 00:00:28.740 --> 00:00:33.390 a time when I was in a really dark place 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:35.190 you know my mom had me when she was 16 00:00:33.390 --> 00:00:37.739 years old I grew up without my 00:00:35.190 --> 00:00:39.989 biological father in my life I struggled 00:00:37.739 --> 00:00:42.540 with years for drug and alcohol abuse 00:00:39.989 --> 00:00:45.300 and I just found myself in a really 00:00:42.540 --> 00:00:47.129 really really weird and dark place I had 00:00:45.300 --> 00:00:49.110 to repeat the seventh grade and when the 00:00:47.129 --> 00:00:50.579 eighth grade came around I'll never 00:00:49.110 --> 00:00:53.730 forget hearing at a parent-teacher 00:00:50.579 --> 00:00:56.280 conference a teacher tell my mom that I 00:00:53.730 --> 00:00:58.379 was a high school material and I came to 00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:00.300 tell you that words are powerful and 00:00:58.379 --> 00:01:02.879 when I heard that statement I remember 00:01:00.300 --> 00:01:05.189 feeling like wow you know like I am 00:01:02.879 --> 00:01:07.229 really really a failure you know like 00:01:05.189 --> 00:01:08.729 it's one thing to tell a student hey 00:01:07.229 --> 00:01:09.060 okay you're about to graduate from high 00:01:08.729 --> 00:01:11.369 school 00:01:09.060 --> 00:01:12.930 you're not college material you're not 00:01:11.369 --> 00:01:15.299 gonna go to the Ivy League maybe you 00:01:12.930 --> 00:01:17.159 should go to a tech school like I've 00:01:15.299 --> 00:01:19.020 heard that right like different people 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:20.909 have different paths but but how do you 00:01:19.020 --> 00:01:22.560 tell middle school kid that they're not 00:01:20.909 --> 00:01:25.229 ready for high school like it affected 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:28.290 me and I'll never forget going that next 00:01:25.229 --> 00:01:30.210 year and after a series of events a lot 00:01:28.290 --> 00:01:31.560 of fighting a lot of struggling that 00:01:30.210 --> 00:01:33.750 school in there kicking me out 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:36.070 they got all bent out of shape because I 00:01:33.750 --> 00:01:38.990 cut the electricity off 00:01:36.070 --> 00:01:40.759 the next year I went to another school 00:01:38.990 --> 00:01:43.130 got the report card at the end of the 00:01:40.759 --> 00:01:45.110 year and because I did not do well and I 00:01:43.130 --> 00:01:49.369 did not put good in when I got that 00:01:45.110 --> 00:01:51.320 final report card all s1c and my mom is 00:01:49.369 --> 00:01:52.580 this tall but when she gets mad she 00:01:51.320 --> 00:01:54.350 turns into the Hulk 00:01:52.580 --> 00:01:56.960 you know and I'm thinking like this is 00:01:54.350 --> 00:01:58.159 not gonna be pretty but I came up with a 00:01:56.960 --> 00:02:01.039 plan I said you know what i'ma change my 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:01.729 grades so I went to the library I got 00:02:01.039 --> 00:02:03.619 that right out 00:02:01.729 --> 00:02:05.750 I brushed off all the FS in the seat I 00:02:03.619 --> 00:02:07.729 took a fancy pin in the ruler and I put 00:02:05.750 --> 00:02:09.709 some smaller dots and lines and I gave 00:02:07.729 --> 00:02:11.780 myself all A's and two V's then I made a 00:02:09.709 --> 00:02:13.549 copy of it and as soon as I got home I 00:02:11.780 --> 00:02:15.290 gave it to my mom she took one glance 00:02:13.549 --> 00:02:18.500 and was like boy where your real report 00:02:15.290 --> 00:02:20.239 card at I said mom let me explain she 00:02:18.500 --> 00:02:22.970 said no no I don't want to hear it I 00:02:20.239 --> 00:02:25.430 know what happened say you do she said 00:02:22.970 --> 00:02:27.170 yes you probably lost it how you always 00:02:25.430 --> 00:02:29.420 lose stuff and you went to the office 00:02:27.170 --> 00:02:34.790 and they had to make a copy up there so 00:02:29.420 --> 00:02:36.380 father I said yeah yeah you know mama 00:02:34.790 --> 00:02:40.579 she's like I'm now I'm like you know 00:02:36.380 --> 00:02:43.400 everything she's like I know but at the 00:02:40.579 --> 00:02:45.549 end of that summer at the end of that 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:48.709 summer well my real report car came in 00:02:45.549 --> 00:02:51.109 it was really rough I'll never forget 00:02:48.709 --> 00:02:53.120 like when I first tricked my mom and she 00:02:51.109 --> 00:02:54.739 saw it she was like I'm so proud of you 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:56.420 she started crying I haven't got 00:02:54.739 --> 00:02:58.880 emotional I was like girl told you my 00:02:56.420 --> 00:03:00.200 mama make you proud she's hugging me I'm 00:02:58.880 --> 00:03:01.970 hugging her we got like a breakthrough 00:03:00.200 --> 00:03:03.530 and you're probably wondering like 00:03:01.970 --> 00:03:06.530 Jeremy why were you crying like you know 00:03:03.530 --> 00:03:09.319 you didn't really earn all A's and two 00:03:06.530 --> 00:03:11.170 beans well for the first time in a long 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:13.850 time I didn't feel like a failure 00:03:11.170 --> 00:03:16.040 like I actually felt successful like 00:03:13.850 --> 00:03:17.450 worthy like I felt like I was good 00:03:16.040 --> 00:03:19.819 enough for so I that was a bit of 00:03:17.450 --> 00:03:21.560 emotional moment but it wasn't real 00:03:19.819 --> 00:03:23.930 because I didn't really earn those 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:24.980 grades now with my school to my River 00:03:23.930 --> 00:03:27.980 Park our home 00:03:24.980 --> 00:03:29.930 my mom saw it she was in denial my baby 00:03:27.980 --> 00:03:32.390 mayonnaise and B so she called to school 00:03:29.930 --> 00:03:35.750 I was like Oh hang up the phone mama 00:03:32.390 --> 00:03:40.720 hang up the phone and again she's in 00:03:35.750 --> 00:03:43.370 tears but now what was once tears of joy 00:03:40.720 --> 00:03:45.319 not was tears of sorrow tears of pain 00:03:43.370 --> 00:03:47.120 tears of frustration and she's trying to 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:48.860 figure out like I wish my baby would 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:52.129 just get it together and I was so hurt 00:03:48.860 --> 00:03:54.379 but I felt stuck I was depressed I was 00:03:52.129 --> 00:03:55.970 tired I was struggling I felt like I was 00:03:54.379 --> 00:03:58.099 an accident like what's the purpose of 00:03:55.970 --> 00:03:59.870 life like why am I here you know I felt 00:03:58.099 --> 00:04:01.250 like I wasn't I couldn't fit in when it 00:03:59.870 --> 00:04:02.690 was time to read I didn't want to read 00:04:01.250 --> 00:04:04.459 cuz somebody was gonna tease me because 00:04:02.690 --> 00:04:05.840 I wasn't a good reader we was always 00:04:04.459 --> 00:04:07.340 getting the fights people was bullying 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:09.230 me then there was a time when I was a 00:04:07.340 --> 00:04:11.810 bully like I just struggling I was like 00:04:09.230 --> 00:04:13.190 what's the point of it all and my mom is 00:04:11.810 --> 00:04:15.650 a great mom so she moved me to another 00:04:13.190 --> 00:04:17.810 school so now I'm at the school now 00:04:15.650 --> 00:04:21.289 called Huntsville hi this is my third 00:04:17.810 --> 00:04:22.940 school for the 9th grade now I'm at this 00:04:21.289 --> 00:04:24.919 new school and I don't know how to 00:04:22.940 --> 00:04:26.949 explain it to you but I got a group of 00:04:24.919 --> 00:04:29.660 teachers I felt like they were weird 00:04:26.949 --> 00:04:33.080 they were saying stuff like Jeremy we 00:04:29.660 --> 00:04:35.690 believe in you I'm like me what teachers 00:04:33.080 --> 00:04:37.639 like oh yeah Jeremy Anderson over top on 00:04:35.690 --> 00:04:38.030 man ah this is gonna be the best year 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:42.680 ever 00:04:38.030 --> 00:04:44.330 I'm like okay what teacher I had to ask 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:45.950 myself wait a second y'all are way too 00:04:44.330 --> 00:04:47.479 enthusiastic did y'all get my 00:04:45.950 --> 00:04:49.849 transcripts like y'all got the right 00:04:47.479 --> 00:04:51.229 Jeremy they was like yeah we got the 00:04:49.849 --> 00:04:54.410 right Jeremy but you're in a new season 00:04:51.229 --> 00:04:56.120 now so you don't have to worry about the 00:04:54.410 --> 00:04:57.770 past I was like yeah but you do know 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:58.970 about lashing yup I said you know those 00:04:57.770 --> 00:05:00.440 two my third school it's like we're not 00:04:58.970 --> 00:05:02.720 worried about that again Jeremy you're 00:05:00.440 --> 00:05:05.990 in a new season now so let's not bring 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:07.729 all things into a new season and they 00:05:05.990 --> 00:05:09.560 began to speak life to me they begin the 00:05:07.729 --> 00:05:11.090 recurrence me they be get to affirm me 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:12.860 and because I was young and I was 00:05:11.090 --> 00:05:14.419 immature I kind of felt like well you 00:05:12.860 --> 00:05:15.830 don't really understand my story you 00:05:14.419 --> 00:05:17.479 don't come for a while I come from and I 00:05:15.830 --> 00:05:21.889 try to build the wall up but you know 00:05:17.479 --> 00:05:23.120 we're not that wall down it's love you 00:05:21.889 --> 00:05:24.940 know we're knock that wall down 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:26.680 it was perseverance you know 00:05:24.940 --> 00:05:28.930 knock that wall down it was like 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:30.880 unwavering commitment and support and I 00:05:28.930 --> 00:05:32.770 realized you can be black white purple 00:05:30.880 --> 00:05:34.270 blue green we need each other 00:05:32.770 --> 00:05:35.890 and if you're sewing up because you 00:05:34.270 --> 00:05:39.130 believe in me and you see great things 00:05:35.890 --> 00:05:44.680 inside me like maybe just maybe I could 00:05:39.130 --> 00:05:47.650 do great things your mindset your belief 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:50.020 system is everything and it is so 00:05:47.650 --> 00:05:51.880 powerful and so I came all the way from 00:05:50.020 --> 00:05:54.310 Atlanta Georgia to tell you you are not 00:05:51.880 --> 00:05:56.140 a mistake you are not an accident you 00:05:54.310 --> 00:05:57.610 were here for a reason I know you're 00:05:56.140 --> 00:05:59.770 going through some hard times I know 00:05:57.610 --> 00:06:01.150 life at times might feel rough or you 00:05:59.770 --> 00:06:02.950 might feel weird and things might be 00:06:01.150 --> 00:06:05.380 frustrating but it's not going to always 00:06:02.950 --> 00:06:07.450 be like this your condition it's not 00:06:05.380 --> 00:06:09.100 your conclusion there is so much more 00:06:07.450 --> 00:06:11.230 that's going to take place there is so 00:06:09.100 --> 00:06:13.450 much more power that's inside you if you 00:06:11.230 --> 00:06:15.430 make up in your mind I choose to believe 00:06:13.450 --> 00:06:17.410 that I could do great things and I 00:06:15.430 --> 00:06:19.210 promise you my young friends I got to a 00:06:17.410 --> 00:06:21.010 point in life when I was like man I got 00:06:19.210 --> 00:06:23.140 these teachers they must really care 00:06:21.010 --> 00:06:25.090 like when you start having teachers that 00:06:23.140 --> 00:06:26.920 get diagnosed with cancer but they still 00:06:25.090 --> 00:06:28.960 show up to school one of my teachers had 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:30.760 arthritis so bad she couldn't even write 00:06:28.960 --> 00:06:32.500 on the chalkboard other teacher was 00:06:30.760 --> 00:06:33.820 going through a divorce another one that 00:06:32.500 --> 00:06:35.590 just buried her child 00:06:33.820 --> 00:06:38.020 I'm looking at all these teachers that's 00:06:35.590 --> 00:06:40.840 going through life just like you just 00:06:38.020 --> 00:06:44.200 like me but they kept showing up so 00:06:40.840 --> 00:06:46.990 something inside my brain said maybe I 00:06:44.200 --> 00:06:49.990 am working something inside me said 00:06:46.990 --> 00:06:51.850 maybe I can't do great things for them 00:06:49.990 --> 00:06:53.950 to jump through all these hoops and go 00:06:51.850 --> 00:06:55.300 out of their way to kind of connect with 00:06:53.950 --> 00:06:58.240 me for them to make these sacrifices 00:06:55.300 --> 00:06:59.540 maybe it is possible for me it's the 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:02.689 same way with you 00:06:59.540 --> 00:07:02.689 [Music] 00:07:03.189 --> 00:07:06.889 sometimes I go back to like being that 00:07:05.300 --> 00:07:08.569 little boy in the hallway that ever 00:07:06.889 --> 00:07:10.159 heard that teacher tell my mom that I 00:07:08.569 --> 00:07:11.449 wasn't high school material then I have 00:07:10.159 --> 00:07:14.300 to remind myself like no no no no no 00:07:11.449 --> 00:07:15.680 that no that's not true I am that I 00:07:14.300 --> 00:07:17.210 can't do that I can't achieve that 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:19.550 sometime I have to remind myself what am 00:07:17.210 --> 00:07:20.780 I telling you my life can be hard life 00:07:19.550 --> 00:07:22.879 can be rough but there's something 00:07:20.780 --> 00:07:25.729 special and there's something powerful 00:07:22.879 --> 00:07:27.620 about the human mind and about the human 00:07:25.729 --> 00:07:29.449 spirit and about the human will 00:07:27.620 --> 00:07:31.430 will you tell yourself I won't give up I 00:07:29.449 --> 00:07:33.440 won't surrender I won't quit I'm gonna 00:07:31.430 --> 00:07:35.120 sort of every single day and do the best 00:07:33.440 --> 00:07:38.539 that I can and here's the beautiful 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:40.819 thing about you is while you're going 00:07:38.539 --> 00:07:42.680 through your process and while you're 00:07:40.819 --> 00:07:44.780 trying to navigate these waters and 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:47.240 while you're still you know trying to 00:07:44.780 --> 00:07:48.800 tweak some stuff within yourself you 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:51.050 still got the power to save somebody 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:53.360 else's life you got the power to speak 00:07:51.050 --> 00:07:55.159 up for others you got the power to be 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:56.569 the voice of reason for someone who 00:07:55.159 --> 00:07:58.669 might be on the verge of doing something 00:07:56.569 --> 00:08:00.800 they shouldn't do you have the power to 00:07:58.669 --> 00:08:03.590 brighten somebody's day your words are 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:05.060 powerful your energy is powerful and so 00:08:03.590 --> 00:08:06.529 I don't want you all to think that you 00:08:05.060 --> 00:08:08.360 have to have it all together and 00:08:06.529 --> 00:08:09.949 everything for you has to be perfect and 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:12.110 in order for you to be a leader no no no 00:08:09.949 --> 00:08:13.759 no you can make an impact you can make a 00:08:12.110 --> 00:08:16.300 difference you can save somebody's life 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:18.440 right now but you just being 00:08:16.300 --> 00:08:20.569 unapologetically you and you're walking 00:08:18.440 --> 00:08:22.639 in that calling and you speak life and 00:08:20.569 --> 00:08:24.979 you affirm and you in the other snow I 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:25.219 see you and I with you and I got your 00:08:24.979 --> 00:08:27.259 back 00:08:25.219 --> 00:08:29.120 and you're not by yourself and I will 00:08:27.259 --> 00:08:31.940 hold your hand as you go throughout this 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:33.910 journey and even though I'm struggling 00:08:31.940 --> 00:08:36.960 by they on behalf of new 00:08:33.910 --> 00:08:36.960 figure this thing out together 00:08:37.770 --> 00:08:45.450 keyword together we're gonna figure this 00:08:42.839 --> 00:08:47.010 thing out together there's something 00:08:45.450 --> 00:08:51.180 beautiful about us having that mindset 00:08:47.010 --> 00:08:53.310 of us being together you know saying not 00:08:51.180 --> 00:08:56.220 black white asian Hispanic not 00:08:53.310 --> 00:08:58.500 Republican Democrat independent not gay 00:08:56.220 --> 00:09:00.120 or straight not like male to female like 00:08:58.500 --> 00:09:02.970 us coming together saying man we are 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:05.220 human we are healed and I believe that 00:09:02.970 --> 00:09:07.140 there is more that makes us together 00:09:05.220 --> 00:09:10.320 there is more than we have in common 00:09:07.140 --> 00:09:12.270 than we had that's not a common and I 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:15.480 believe there are differences it what 00:09:12.270 --> 00:09:18.380 makes us both are both amazing our 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:18.380 differences 00:09:19.660 --> 00:09:24.860 think about that right like there are so 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:26.689 many amazing things and there are so 00:09:24.860 --> 00:09:28.879 many different amazing personalities and 00:09:26.689 --> 00:09:34.250 there is nobody else on this planet 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:35.689 exactly like you and so I believe then 00:09:34.250 --> 00:09:38.209 we make a decision that say you know 00:09:35.689 --> 00:09:40.939 what we will come together as a people 00:09:38.209 --> 00:09:43.250 we will come together as a nation we 00:09:40.939 --> 00:09:45.350 will come together as a state we will 00:09:43.250 --> 00:09:47.240 come together as the city we will come 00:09:45.350 --> 00:09:49.069 together as a district we will come 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:50.839 together as a school we will come 00:09:49.069 --> 00:09:53.180 together as a grade we will come 00:09:50.839 --> 00:09:54.980 together as the class and we will value 00:09:53.180 --> 00:09:56.899 each other we will speak life to one 00:09:54.980 --> 00:09:59.560 another and we will help each other go 00:09:56.899 --> 00:09:59.560 to that next look 00:10:03.470 --> 00:10:07.589 you know what I'm not just a student you 00:10:06.060 --> 00:10:10.020 don't say that just happening mean this 00:10:07.589 --> 00:10:12.060 gray I'm not just here at the school I'm 00:10:10.020 --> 00:10:13.649 here for a reason you don't say you got 00:10:12.060 --> 00:10:15.810 to tell yourself man I feel like I've 00:10:13.649 --> 00:10:17.250 been pushed down in the dirt I feel like 00:10:15.810 --> 00:10:19.140 people have been stopping on me 00:10:17.250 --> 00:10:20.640 I feel like stuff has been raining on me 00:10:19.140 --> 00:10:22.920 but you didn't realize as my young 00:10:20.640 --> 00:10:24.779 friends you was just a seed so you got 00:10:22.920 --> 00:10:26.459 to tell yourself no no no I haven't been 00:10:24.779 --> 00:10:28.170 pushed down on the dirt and I haven't 00:10:26.459 --> 00:10:30.330 been stuffed on I've been planted and 00:10:28.170 --> 00:10:32.610 I've been placing this pot for a reason 00:10:30.330 --> 00:10:34.500 and we are at this arena here to be able 00:10:32.610 --> 00:10:35.670 to have a conversation they say what 00:10:34.500 --> 00:10:37.560 does it look like to go to that next 00:10:35.670 --> 00:10:39.540 level and so I need you want to do the 00:10:37.560 --> 00:10:41.279 same thing when you leave here if you 00:10:39.540 --> 00:10:43.110 feel like you're in a weird place if you 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:45.120 feel stuck if you feel like you know 00:10:43.110 --> 00:10:47.010 what I feel like I need some help you 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:49.140 get the help you need that's how you 00:10:47.010 --> 00:10:52.740 show how strong and how bold and how 00:10:49.140 --> 00:10:54.270 powerful you are what's the next app 00:10:52.740 --> 00:10:55.740 that you're going to create you don't 00:10:54.270 --> 00:10:56.970 send some time I wonder like you know I 00:10:55.740 --> 00:10:59.070 said are you gonna come up with a cure 00:10:56.970 --> 00:11:00.360 for Alzheimer's dementia or are you 00:10:59.070 --> 00:11:01.740 going to come up you know saying what 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:03.480 something that can purify water for 00:11:01.740 --> 00:11:05.550 people across the globe are you going to 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:07.260 create the next app that can connect us 00:11:05.550 --> 00:11:08.910 are you going to be the next teacher or 00:11:07.260 --> 00:11:11.160 superintendent are you going to be the 00:11:08.910 --> 00:11:12.660 next leader in our community like why 00:11:11.160 --> 00:11:13.680 I'd be wondering sometimes like what are 00:11:12.660 --> 00:11:16.260 the great things that you're going to 00:11:13.680 --> 00:11:17.579 accomplish and there are times when I 00:11:16.260 --> 00:11:20.310 look at what's happening in the world 00:11:17.579 --> 00:11:21.600 and imma be discouraged I've got a 00:11:20.310 --> 00:11:23.310 seven-year-old daughter and a 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:24.750 one-year-old baby boy sometimes I look 00:11:23.310 --> 00:11:26.550 at the crazy stuff that's happening in 00:11:24.750 --> 00:11:29.579 this world and I'm like man what kind of 00:11:26.550 --> 00:11:31.860 world am i racing my kids in but then 00:11:29.579 --> 00:11:33.930 I'm encouraged because I get to come to 00:11:31.860 --> 00:11:35.700 events like this and I get to look in 00:11:33.930 --> 00:11:37.380 your faces and connect with you and I 00:11:35.700 --> 00:11:39.089 have no doubt that there's great things 00:11:37.380 --> 00:11:40.740 decides you and that you're going to 00:11:39.089 --> 00:11:43.770 experience some amazing things inside 00:11:40.740 --> 00:11:45.959 your life if you make a decision to say 00:11:43.770 --> 00:11:47.820 I'm gonna speak up I'm gonna stand up 00:11:45.959 --> 00:11:50.100 I'm gonna save a life if you tell 00:11:47.820 --> 00:11:51.839 yourself I will be a leader if you tell 00:11:50.100 --> 00:11:53.790 yourself I'm gonna show up every single 00:11:51.839 --> 00:11:55.529 day of my school and I'm gonna go above 00:11:53.790 --> 00:11:57.270 and beyond because there are some kids 00:11:55.529 --> 00:11:59.070 and some different countries and some 00:11:57.270 --> 00:12:01.470 different places that wish they had the 00:11:59.070 --> 00:12:03.640 opportunity to be at my school to have 00:12:01.470 --> 00:12:09.519 floors and lights 00:12:03.640 --> 00:12:11.320 and screens and technology I've been 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:12.970 some places my young friends where I 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:15.010 walked in some schools in some different 00:12:12.970 --> 00:12:17.079 countries doing some volunteer work and 00:12:15.010 --> 00:12:19.630 I'm seeing the facilities they're here 00:12:17.079 --> 00:12:21.550 i knows I've met some kids that would 00:12:19.630 --> 00:12:23.589 love to come here and be able to go to a 00:12:21.550 --> 00:12:25.390 school that has a gym or be able to go 00:12:23.589 --> 00:12:27.130 to a school that has a seat or to be 00:12:25.390 --> 00:12:28.240 able to go to school that has desk or to 00:12:27.130 --> 00:12:29.649 be able to go to school where they get 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:30.910 their own books and there's some of 00:12:29.649 --> 00:12:33.610 y'all tablets and all these extra things 00:12:30.910 --> 00:12:35.680 we are so privileged what do we do with 00:12:33.610 --> 00:12:37.899 this opportunity that we have I want to 00:12:35.680 --> 00:12:42.220 challenge you to make the most of it to 00:12:37.899 --> 00:12:43.660 speak life to love to encourage to wrap 00:12:42.220 --> 00:12:45.490 your arms around those who are 00:12:43.660 --> 00:12:46.690 struggling and you let them know you 00:12:45.490 --> 00:12:49.329 know where you're not in this by 00:12:46.690 --> 00:12:50.769 yourself what we're not going to do is 00:12:49.329 --> 00:12:52.120 we're not gonna quit what we're not 00:12:50.769 --> 00:12:53.649 going to do is we're not gonna surrender 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:55.209 what we're not going to do is we're 00:12:53.649 --> 00:12:56.649 gonna just you know saying just stay in 00:12:55.209 --> 00:12:59.589 this place we knew that eventually 00:12:56.649 --> 00:13:01.810 things would change like eventually it's 00:12:59.589 --> 00:13:03.730 gonna turn around for my good and we'll 00:13:01.810 --> 00:13:05.470 be stronger from it and we'll be better 00:13:03.730 --> 00:13:07.899 equipped and this will make us better 00:13:05.470 --> 00:13:10.060 people now you can't always control what 00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:13.620 happens to you my friends but you can't 00:13:10.060 --> 00:13:13.620 control how you respond to it 00:13:14.160 --> 00:13:33.070 [Music] 00:13:41.900 --> 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