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Spoken Word Script:

Life doesn’t always go as planned.

There are times when anything can happen, will happen.

This is not an option. This is unavoidable, inevitable, and ineluctable. Life chooses you.

My question is, how will you respond to those moments?

Everyone in the world has elitism on their mind.

We groundlessly think we are special, talented, and chosen ones.

Denying the truth by thinking we are young, and we have potentials.

Potential is just a word that we rely on to make us feel better.

In reality, it does nothing.

Nothing but to stop you from moving forward.

I also thought I was full of potential, like what everyone around me had said, but it had made me arrogant and stopped me from developing my skills.

When I came to Canada 5 years ago without knowing any English,

I was traumatized.

Traumatized how deficient and inadequate I was.

People laughed at me as if I were a monkey in a zoo,

Mimicked my bad pronunciation,

And gave me humiliation.

I felt like there was no one around me.

We often become frustrated, anxious, and lethargic when we feel alone.

As a result, fear will gradually eat your courage.

But would you want that fear to swallow you?

You remain stagnant if you don’t get back up and go.

Fear is only temporary.

It will eventually subside and disappear.

Don’t hesitate,

Don’t deviate,

Don’t procrastinate.

The most important thing to succeed isn’t intelligence but the courage to prevail until the end.

Thomas Edison once said, “Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration.”

We have to keep in mind that the world’s most successful people we know weren’t born to be

talented.

You have to work hard to make your life’s quality better.

My mom always told me to not give up because talent cannot beat hard work.

If I had given up and went back to my home country already, I wouldn’t have learned such a beautiful language, English.

No matter if it’s studying, playing sports, or playing music, dreams can come true.

But remember, dreams can’t run or walk on its own.

You need to use your courage to push it to the point where you want.

It will be an arduous work, but it’s worth it.

Life is not always on your side, but it’s worth it.

Life will try to trip you, but it’s worth it.

Every drop of tears,

Every bead of sweat will not betray you.

It is not a potential. You can do it.

So I’ll ask you.

Are you tired yet?