The Right Attitude Can Transform A Barrier

Before You Speak To Me About Your Religion, First Show It To Me In How You Treat Other People. Before You Tell Me How Much You Love Your God, Show Me In How Much You Love All His Children.

You Should Be Able To Afford Health Care For Your Family. You Should Be Able To Retire With Dignity And Respect. And You Should Be Able To Give Your Children The Kind Of Education That Allows Them To Dream Even Bigger, Go Even Farther And Accomplish Even More Than You Could Ever Imagine.

You Need To Understand Something, You Drink Deeply From Wells Of Freedom And Liberty And Opportunity That You Did Not Dig. You Eat Lavishly From Banquet Tables Prepared For You By Your Ancestors. You Sit Under The Shade Of Trees That You Did Not Plant Or Cultivate Or Care For. You Have A Choice In Life, You Can Just Sit Back, Getting Fat, Dumb, And Happy, Consuming All The Blessings Put Before You, Or It Can Metabolize Inside Of You, Become Fuel To Get You Into The Fight, To Make This Democracy Real, To Make It True To Its Words That We Can Be A Nation Of Liberty And Justice For All.

The Right Attitude Can Transform A Barrier Into A Blessing, An Obstacle Into An Opportunity Or A Stumbling Block Into A Stepping Stone.

Don't Speak To Me About Your Religion; First Show It To Me In How You Treat Other People. Don't Tell Me How Much You Love Your God; Show Me In How Much You Love All God's Children. Don't Preach To Me Your Passion For Your Faith; Teach Me Through Your Compassion For Your Neighbors. In The End, I'm Not As Interested In What You Have To Tell Or Sell As I Am In How You Choose To Live And Give.