i read this quote by Obama the other day. He was asked about the presidency and the incoveniences that come with it (long ours, loss of privacy, inability to go out in public regularly, threats for him and family).
He started off the response talking about the difficulties openly and honestly, and then said this:
“But the point is that what I found at a very young age was that if you can only think about yourself — ‘How much money can I make? What can I buy? How nice is my house? What kind of fancy car do I have?’ — that over the long term, I think you get bored,” he told the audience of mostly students.
“I think if you’re only thinking about yourself, your life becomes diminished, and the way to live a full life is to think about what can I do for others, how can I be a part of this larger project of making a better world,” he said.
Obama said with all the challenges facing the world now, the younger generation has an abundance of opportunities to make a difference.
“It would be a tragedy if all of you who are so talented and energetic — if you let that go to waste, if you just stood back and watched the world pass you by,” he said.
“Better to jump in, get involved — and it does mean that sometimes you’ll get criticized and sometimes you’ll fail and sometimes you’ll be disappointed — but you’ll have a great adventure. And at the end of your life, hopefully you’ll be able to look back and say, ‘I made a difference.’”
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