Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men, who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given, instead of exploring the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact, its an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration, it’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary.
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Since being a pioneer takes courage, and this year I’ve proved to myself that I am that and so much more, I will share with you one of my most sheltered dreams. Even though I’m terrified, I stand before you excited and full of faith.
I dream of camels. Let me elaborate on that; I dream eradicating malnutrition in Guatemala and, through serendipity at its finest, I came across two events that started a fire within me.
First, I watched a movie called “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”, which is about introducing salmon fishing in the Yemen. And then I found this woman called Alicia Sully, who’s all about creating awareness regarding the great nutritional benefits of consuming camel milk.
I realized that we could stop kids from dying of hunger and anemia in the Guatemalan semi desert, where cattle cannot survive due to the harsh environmental conditions, by introducing camels and commercializing camel milk.
I realize that the probability of failure exists, and if my camels don’t work, I’ll come up with a new idea to solve the tragedy of malnutrition in my country, and hopefully will develop a replicable model that can be applied in the rest of the world.
My big dream is to change the world by changing the way people around me perceive it, and themselves; we are all a crucial part of a wonderful whole, we just need to open our eyes, our hearts and our minds to make an impact.
I dream of camels. Let me elaborate on that; I dream eradicating malnutrition in Guatemala and, through serendipity at its finest, I came across two events that started a fire within me.
First, I watched a movie called “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”, which is about introducing salmon fishing in the Yemen. And then I found this woman called Alicia Sully, who’s all about creating awareness regarding the great nutritional benefits of consuming camel milk.
I realized that we could stop kids from dying of hunger and anemia in the Guatemalan semi desert, where cattle cannot survive due to the harsh environmental conditions, by introducing camels and commercializing camel milk.
I realize that the probability of failure exists, and if my camels don’t work, I’ll come up with a new idea to solve the tragedy of malnutrition in my country, and hopefully will develop a replicable model that can be applied in the rest of the world.
My big dream is to change the world by changing the way people around me perceive it, and themselves; we are all a crucial part of a wonderful whole, we just need to open our eyes, our hearts and our minds to make an impact.
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