[Applause] hi Wow lights hi um I’m Alex and first
hi Wow lights hi um I’m Alex and first
hi Wow lights hi um I’m Alex and first off I think I’d like to prove a point
off I think I’d like to prove a point
off I think I’d like to prove a point here so this is the third speech I wrote
here so this is the third speech I wrote
here so this is the third speech I wrote out of seven that I wrote for this to
out of seven that I wrote for this to
out of seven that I wrote for this to try and prepare for the words I was
try and prepare for the words I was
try and prepare for the words I was going to say and you know what I was
going to say and you know what I was
going to say and you know what I was really like wow I’m nervous
really like wow I’m nervous
really like wow I’m nervous okay so to prove my point I will take
okay so to prove my point I will take
okay so to prove my point I will take this speech and I will do this and I’m
this speech and I will do this and I’m
this speech and I will do this and I’m doing that because my point is that I am
doing that because my point is that I am
doing that because my point is that I am different than who I was when I wrote
different than who I was when I wrote
different than who I was when I wrote that speech you know I can understand
that speech you know I can understand
that speech you know I can understand those words and I can say them better
those words and I can say them better
those words and I can say them better than I could when I wrote that speech so
than I could when I wrote that speech so
than I could when I wrote that speech so with that other way you know growing up
with that other way you know growing up
with that other way you know growing up I didn’t always have what I wanted you
I didn’t always have what I wanted you
I didn’t always have what I wanted you know I didn’t always have the cool toys
know I didn’t always have the cool toys
know I didn’t always have the cool toys I didn’t always have the things that
I didn’t always have the things that
I didn’t always have the things that those kids over there had I was like oh
those kids over there had I was like oh
those kids over there had I was like oh wow that’s really cool you know I didn’t
wow that’s really cool you know I didn’t
wow that’s really cool you know I didn’t have a scooter I didn’t learn to ride a
have a scooter I didn’t learn to ride a
have a scooter I didn’t learn to ride a bike Wow
bike Wow
bike Wow think till I was nine so yeah late on
think till I was nine so yeah late on
think till I was nine so yeah late on that but um you know I’ve lost a lot of
that but um you know I’ve lost a lot of
that but um you know I’ve lost a lot of people and I recently just kind of got
people and I recently just kind of got
people and I recently just kind of got out of this really low point in my life
out of this really low point in my life
out of this really low point in my life and I shut everything out you know I
and I shut everything out you know I
and I shut everything out you know I would come to school and I would wear
would come to school and I would wear
would come to school and I would wear this fake smile allow to act like
this fake smile allow to act like
this fake smile allow to act like everything’s okay when really it wasn’t
everything’s okay when really it wasn’t
everything’s okay when really it wasn’t you know um about a year and a half ago
you know um about a year and a half ago
you know um about a year and a half ago I lost my grandfather you know my
I lost my grandfather you know my
I lost my grandfather you know my grandmother she’s this great person I
grandmother she’s this great person I
grandmother she’s this great person I have this memory of her when I just
have this memory of her when I just
have this memory of her when I just walked in the house in Ohio and she had
walked in the house in Ohio and she had
walked in the house in Ohio and she had hurt her foot she was in cast she wasn’t
hurt her foot she was in cast she wasn’t
hurt her foot she was in cast she wasn’t opposed to walk on it and I walk in the
opposed to walk on it and I walk in the
opposed to walk on it and I walk in the house and she immediately starts trying
house and she immediately starts trying
house and she immediately starts trying to get up it was like hey Alex do you
to get up it was like hey Alex do you
to get up it was like hey Alex do you want anything to eat you need anything
want anything to eat you need anything
want anything to eat you need anything to eat and I was I mean like oh grandma
to eat and I was I mean like oh grandma
to eat and I was I mean like oh grandma sit down sit down and that just showed
sit down sit down and that just showed
sit down sit down and that just showed to me her character as a person so we
to me her character as a person so we
to me her character as a person so we lost my grandfather and I had been
lost my grandfather and I had been
lost my grandfather and I had been asking myself a question for a long time
asking myself a question for a long time
asking myself a question for a long time and that was why me why did I can
and that was why me why did I can
and that was why me why did I can losing people why could I not have
losing people why could I not have
losing people why could I not have something stable in my life because it
something stable in my life because it
something stable in my life because it seemed to me that everyone I started to
seemed to me that everyone I started to
seemed to me that everyone I started to care about was leaving my grandfather he
care about was leaving my grandfather he
care about was leaving my grandfather he passed away about a year and a half ago
passed away about a year and a half ago
passed away about a year and a half ago as I said eighth grade that hit me
as I said eighth grade that hit me
as I said eighth grade that hit me really hard
really hard
really hard prior to that third grade I met my
prior to that third grade I met my
prior to that third grade I met my great-grandmother once and then she
great-grandmother once and then she
great-grandmother once and then she passed away soon after uhm then in sixth
passed away soon after uhm then in sixth
passed away soon after uhm then in sixth grade my cat died
grade my cat died
grade my cat died and as I wasn’t even there for I didn’t
and as I wasn’t even there for I didn’t
and as I wasn’t even there for I didn’t even get to see her after I had moved
even get to see her after I had moved
even get to see her after I had moved out to California and that was it was
out to California and that was it was
out to California and that was it was really tough for me so I just kind of
really tough for me so I just kind of
really tough for me so I just kind of got out of this low point and my point
got out of this low point and my point
got out of this low point and my point in saying this my point in telling you
in saying this my point in telling you
in saying this my point in telling you all of this is that we are different
all of this is that we are different
all of this is that we are different each one of you here is taking these
each one of you here is taking these
each one of you here is taking these words that I’m speaking right now today
words that I’m speaking right now today
words that I’m speaking right now today and interpreting them a different way
and interpreting them a different way
and interpreting them a different way each one of you has your own unique
each one of you has your own unique
each one of you has your own unique brain that thinks in your own unique
brain that thinks in your own unique
brain that thinks in your own unique ways and that’s amazing you know and so
ways and that’s amazing you know and so
ways and that’s amazing you know and so my answer to that question why me is why
my answer to that question why me is why
my answer to that question why me is why anything because each one of us has
anything because each one of us has
anything because each one of us has different experiences each one of us
different experiences each one of us
different experiences each one of us experience different things we each have
experience different things we each have
experience different things we each have our own tough times that we have to go
our own tough times that we have to go
our own tough times that we have to go through to become the people that we are
through to become the people that we are
through to become the people that we are and I wouldn’t trade what I’ve
and I wouldn’t trade what I’ve
and I wouldn’t trade what I’ve experienced for anything because had I
experienced for anything because had I
experienced for anything because had I not experienced that had I not had to go
not experienced that had I not had to go
not experienced that had I not had to go through that all the tears all the
through that all the tears all the
through that all the tears all the crying all of the moments where I wasn’t
crying all of the moments where I wasn’t
crying all of the moments where I wasn’t really sure of myself then I would not
really sure of myself then I would not
really sure of myself then I would not be the person I am here speaking to you
be the person I am here speaking to you
be the person I am here speaking to you all today and I would not be loving
all today and I would not be loving
all today and I would not be loving every second of it so ultimately my
every second of it so ultimately my
every second of it so ultimately my point is that I guess it can be summed
point is that I guess it can be summed
point is that I guess it can be summed up in a quote from my friend is saying
up in a quote from my friend is saying
up in a quote from my friend is saying some people have it worse so don’t cry
some people have it worse so don’t cry
some people have it worse so don’t cry is like saying some people have it
is like saying some people have it
is like saying some people have it better so you can’t be happy you know we
better so you can’t be happy you know we
better so you can’t be happy you know we all go through our own different
all go through our own different
all go through our own different experiences we all are our own different
experiences we all are our own different
experiences we all are our own different people and that’s what makes the world
people and that’s what makes the world
people and that’s what makes the world amazing if
amazing if
amazing if have Democrats and Republicans and
have Democrats and Republicans and
have Democrats and Republicans and libertarians then what would our
libertarians then what would our
libertarians then what would our political system look like if we were
political system look like if we were
political system look like if we were all the same what do we even have
all the same what do we even have
all the same what do we even have friends or would we just hate ourselves
friends or would we just hate ourselves
friends or would we just hate ourselves because everywhere we looked we saw our
because everywhere we looked we saw our
because everywhere we looked we saw our own reflection so I’ve been dealing with
own reflection so I’ve been dealing with
own reflection so I’ve been dealing with this and I know if any of you have heard
this and I know if any of you have heard
this and I know if any of you have heard of him at Tony Robbins I watched his
of him at Tony Robbins I watched his
of him at Tony Robbins I watched his documentary I am NOT your guru and I
documentary I am NOT your guru and I
documentary I am NOT your guru and I found that really just inspiring one of
found that really just inspiring one of
found that really just inspiring one of the main reasons I came up here and
the main reasons I came up here and
the main reasons I came up here and talked today so if I leave you with
talked today so if I leave you with
talked today so if I leave you with nothing I want to leave you with this I
nothing I want to leave you with this I
nothing I want to leave you with this I want to leave you with the idea that
want to leave you with the idea that
want to leave you with the idea that because you are different you are
because you are different you are
because you are different you are special because you were different you
special because you were different you
special because you were different you don’t mean anything less than anyone
don’t mean anything less than anyone
don’t mean anything less than anyone else you don’t need to fit in you don’t
else you don’t need to fit in you don’t
else you don’t need to fit in you don’t need to be the same as someone else or
need to be the same as someone else or
need to be the same as someone else or have the same hairstyle or the same
have the same hairstyle or the same
have the same hairstyle or the same clothes in order to be amazing and be
clothes in order to be amazing and be
clothes in order to be amazing and be yourself because ultimately diversity is
yourself because ultimately diversity is
yourself because ultimately diversity is what makes us us it is what makes the
what makes us us it is what makes the
what makes us us it is what makes the world revolve in a matter of Oracle way
world revolve in a matter of Oracle way
world revolve in a matter of Oracle way of speaking of course we all know that’s
of speaking of course we all know that’s
of speaking of course we all know that’s gravity but it is what makes the world
gravity but it is what makes the world
gravity but it is what makes the world the world it is what makes us us and
the world it is what makes us us and
the world it is what makes us us and ultimately when we sit down after a long
ultimately when we sit down after a long
ultimately when we sit down after a long day maybe get a glass eliminate or
day maybe get a glass eliminate or
day maybe get a glass eliminate or something who knows we should think
something who knows we should think
something who knows we should think about how amazing each one of us are how
about how amazing each one of us are how
about how amazing each one of us are how amazingly selves are each one of our
amazingly selves are each one of our
amazingly selves are each one of our selves are and how amazing we are as a
selves are and how amazing we are as a
selves are and how amazing we are as a species to have come so far where
species to have come so far where
species to have come so far where everyone is different and everyone has
everyone is different and everyone has
everyone is different and everyone has their own opinion so if I leave you with
their own opinion so if I leave you with
their own opinion so if I leave you with nothing today I want to leave you with
nothing today I want to leave you with
nothing today I want to leave you with the fact that diversity is what makes
the fact that diversity is what makes
the fact that diversity is what makes the world go round and diversity is the
the world go round and diversity is the
the world go round and diversity is the thing that makes us us and each one of
thing that makes us us and each one of
thing that makes us us and each one of you out there is amazing each one of you
you out there is amazing each one of you
you out there is amazing each one of you out there is handsome and beautiful and
out there is handsome and beautiful and
out there is handsome and beautiful and each one of you out there is you and no
each one of you out there is you and no
each one of you out there is you and no one else
one else
one else [Applause]
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