I was talking with a co-worker today. I’ve been reading Twentieth Century by: Howard Zinn, and he kept asking me why I liked reading book like that. I told him, “It allows me gain knowledge, and help me in my mission in life.” He asked me, “what is that?” I replied, “To change the world.” He looked at me dumbfounded, and said, “You can’t really do that, you know that right?’ I replied, “Yes, I can.” He said, “How do you know that?” I told him,”I’ve known my entire life, I was meant for something bigger than myself. I know I have the wit, intelligence, drive, and passion to make it happen.” He asked me, “How can you be so sure?” I said, “Because I believe in God, I believe in purpose, and I know with my entire being I’m supposed to do something big. something much bigger than this place, that’s for sure.” He didn’t get it, and continued to tell me over and over, that I’m insane for thinking I could make a difference in the world. 

I think the saying holds true, people say you can’t do something, they’re not telling you, who you are, they’re telling you, who they are. I know I’m not going to change everyone in the worlds life. I do know that I’m made for something big. I know that everything I’ve been through, and will go through is not in vain. I know that I started with a goal to help 100 people in some way, shape, or form, and I know I’m at least a quarter way through that. I may not have the best confidence or self esteem, but I’ll be damned if you’ll tell me I can’t do something. I’m steadfast in my life’s meaning. I just don’t get how someone can be so idiotic, and stupid. You’re going to argue with me, without an argument, I mean really!

I ended my conversation with him, by saying, “As Steve Jobs once said, the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do, and I’m crazy enough, to think I can.”