Everyday I would pedal my BMX bike down the streets of Shanghai. I would pass many people who were working on the street to make a living. Many of them were collecting dead tree branches to twine together to make brooms that they could sell for the equivilent of a US penny. Their worn dirty clothes told a story of an over populated city of hard workers putting in endless hours to afford their next meal. Many of them, so hard at work, would never know I passed by. But I was fortunite enough to catch the eye of a boy who was busy learning a trade from his father. He paused just briefly to look into my eyes and though never speaking a word, made me realize that I should never take my life for granted.

   Each of us should understand how fortunite we are to be alive. Not only that, but we are the elite who have choosen to take a stand and push our limits to achieve our goals. Please, make an impact in the lives of the people around you by encouraging eachother to succeed. Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.