Inspire me: THE PLEDGE

I am the sum total of the genetic endowment

with which I came into the world, and of all

the experiences which have made up my life. Some

of them have been good, some bad, but all of them

have been mine. What I currently am is what I deserve

to be. My life, my reputation, my influence is

the mirror of the choices I have made. If I am not

everything I can be, it is because I haven’t chosen

to be more. I am determined not to live in my past,

which I cannot change, or to waste time waiting

for the future, which I cannot guarantee, but to

live in the emerging reality of the NOW, which is

all I have. I cannot do everything, but I can do

some things. I certainly cannot do everything well,

but I can do some things well. I cannot guarantee I

will win, but I can promise I will not allow losing

to become a habit, and if I fail, it will not be a

failure of nerve. So I will stand tall, feel deeply,

think large, and strive mightily, remembering what

I accomplish probably won’t change the course of

human history, but what I attempt will create the

course of my personal history. Toward making this

declaration a reality, I hereby commit myself.”

So help me God.

ADETAYO OJO

Inspire me