If one is dedicated…

If one works hard…

If one cares…

And if one has seeks an ideal…

What will that person become?

There's only one way to find out. I must become that person, and travel the road myself. I must develop the the tenacity, the discipline, the spirit, and the enthusiasm. I must become more creative, intelligent, well read. I must become wiser. I must seek an ideal. Become the best. Become couragous. Become loving. Become extraordinary.

I will learn where emotion deceives me and where it informs me. I will learn from the wise and from the fools, from the eagles and the roses, from the soil and the sky.

And I want to see what I can do. I want to do exceptional, selfless things. Things that will benefit others and not necessarily me. I want to help make the world a better place. I want to give more while taking less. I want to leave this Earth with the gift of a better a world.

At the age of 24, my journey continues with more earnest than ever before.