A Word That Has Changed the World
——Passion, your inner fire
Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s my honor to be here today to give you this speech.
When I learned the topic of our speech, a remark made by Steve Jobs, the Chief Executive of Apple Company occurred to my mind. The remark is "we believe that people with passion can change the world for the better." And it is this competition that lets me think about the role passion has played throughout our lives and what passion means to the world. Yes, I believe people with passion can change the world!
Lost in my mind, I see the passion from Martin Luther King has finally helped them win the racial discrimination struggle. The passion led them out of dark. And Van Gogh, a talented yet unfortunate painter, strikes people all over the world with sadness, sympathy and hope expressed uniquely in his works, and more importantly, his great passion about his career and life. Moreover, I see, American president Barack Obama awoke his people’s hope by his passionate speech and attitude, lighting the road during the financial crisis. It is his words “Yes, we can!” that shows the whole world his passion and inspired his whole country. They did have changed the world by their passion!
Passion is in all of us, and undeniably part of who we are. Passion then, if one can find it within themselves as well as within the world around them, can offer the meaning that so many people feel is lacking in their lives.
I’m a rather shy person by nature who easily suffers from stage fright. In fact, I could have stayed away and had an easy time. But my passion for life made me accept the challenge. No