wearetheworld,wearethefuture
omeonesaid“wearereadingthefirstverseofthefirstchapterofabook,whosepagesareinfinite”.idon’tknowwhowrotethesewords,buti’vealwayslikedthemasareminderthatthefuturecanbeanythingwewantittobe.weareallinthepositionofthefarmers.ifweplantagoodseed,wereapagoodharvest.ifweplantnothingatall,weharvestnothingatall.
weareyoung.“howtospendtheyouth?”itisameaningfulquestion.toanswerit,firstihavetoask“whatdoyouunderstandbythewordyouth?”youthisnotatimeoflife,it’sastateofmind.it’snotamatterofrosycheeks,redlipsorsuppleknees.it’sthematterofthewill.it’sthefreshneofthedeepspringoflife.
apoetsaid“toseeaworldinagrainofsand,andaheaveninawildflower,holdinfinityinthepalmofyourhand,andeternityinanhour.severaldaysago,ihadachancetolistentoalecture.ilearntalotthere.i’dliketoshareitwithallofyou.let’sshowourrightpalms.wecanseethreelinesthatshowhowourlove.careerandlifeis.ihaveashortlineoflife.
whataboutyours?iwonderedwhetherwecouldseeourfutureinthisway.well,let’smakeafist.whereisourfuture?
whereisourlove,career,andlife?tellme.yeah,itisinourhands.itisheldinourselves.
weallwantthefuturetobebetterthanthepast.butthefuturecangobetteritself.don’tcrybecauseitisover,smilebecauseithappened.fromthepast,we’velearntthatthelifeistough,butwearetougher.we’velearntthatwecan’tchoosehowwefeel,butwecanchoosewhataboutit.failuredoesn’tmeanyoudon’thaveit,itdoesmeanyoushoulddoitinadifferentway.failuredoesn’tmeanyoushouldgiveup,itdoesmeanyoumusttryharder.
aswhatisaidatthebeginning,“wearereadingthefirstverseofthefirstchapterofabook,whosepagesareinfinite”.thepasthasgone.nothingwedowillchangeit.butthefutureisinfrontofus.believethatwhatwegivetotheworld,theworldwillgivetous.andfromtodayon,let’sbetheownersofourselves,andspeakout“wearetheworld,wearethefuture.”