"I look forward confidently to the day when all who work for a living will be one with no thought to their separateness as Negroes, Jews, Italians or any other distinctions. This will be the day when we bring into full realization the American dream -- a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed; a dream of a land where men will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few; a dream of a land where men will not argue that the color of a man's skin determines the content of his character; a dream of a nation where all our gifts and resources are held not for ourselves alone, but as instruments of service for the rest of humanity; the dream of a country where every man will respect the dignity and worth of the human personality."- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
During the veep debate we saw character personified. I watched a man who came from humble beginnings wax eloquently against a woman who did nothing more than rattle off talking points. I saw a man who knows how to perservere - when you fall down, you have to get up. But how do you do it? Joe Biden showed that during the debate as he spoke passionately of his life as a single parent.
I chose to write about this quote because character is important to me. How you live your life, what you choose to do with your life is important? To think that the President of Harvard Law Review chose to become a community organizer instead of heading to a big Wall Street firm shows character and conviction. I want my son to be able to look at the inhabitants of the White House and feel proud of who is there. With Barack Obama and Joe Biden in office I can tell my children that the virtues of hard work, perseverance, honesty, and good character win in the end.
For the past 8 years our society has increased in its moral depravity. Wouldn't it be nice to tell your children - get up, work hard, focus on your dreams, and strive to reach them? Look at President Obama and Vice President Biden. That's what they did when they were young and they didn't have as much as you?
Si Se Peude! Yes, We Can and We Must ---- For Our Children.
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