My eldest son was recently chosen to travel to New York with a group of young people to attend the UN Conference on the Millenium Development Goals. One of the speakers at the conference (Adam Braun founder of “Pencil of Promise”) in delivering an inspiring address outlined the following seven lessons:
1. Get out of your comfort zone “not all who wander are lost”.
2. Speak the language of the individual you want to become. “I am the change agent that will give primary education for all children”
3. Embrace those late, sleepless nights – “Strange things happen when you’ve gone too far, been up too long, worked too hard, and you’re separated from the rest of the world”
4. To achieve unreasonable things, you have to become an unreasonable/delusional person
5. Just go. Find a way. All you need is a backpack and a handful of courage.
6. Find your cause that resonates with your soul, and live it.
7. The single greatest power of human beings is the resounding belief that the impossible can be made possible. BE HOPE-LESS-LY idealistic about the things that make you feel most alive.”
Let these lessons inspire you to create a life that truly resonates with who you uniquely are!