Being Heard

Watching high school students across America captured on video as they speak to fellow students, law makers, or social media haters, I am reminded of the power and importance of conviction and commitment over polish and presentation. For all that they have yet to learn, young people can also remind us of important fundamental truths that can easily be lost in the chaos of life.

1. When you choose safety and security, you give up your power to be the architect of your own future.
2. Power is available to all of us if we are open to taking the opportunities to wield it and make the most of them.
   
3. Being authentic trumps everything else.
   

Big or small, each of us has the capacity to enact change, create a new future for ourselves, and/or  inspire those around us to take action with us. Whether you agree with their ideas and message or not, I encourage you to watch these strong, caring and impassioned youth who are in their own way echoing the words of Gandhi, "Be the change you wish to see in the world" and ask yourself this - Who am I choosing to be and how is that working out for me? The power to create YOUR EXTRAORDINARY is waiting for you.