Walking is a big deal

I loved Isaac's end of walk speech... someone put it up on YouTube (Thank you whoever you are!) and I just wanted to share it:

Walking is a big deal.
The reason why it's a big deal is because actions speak louder than words.
The reason it's a big deal is there are very few people who will talk to you about any particular thing that they care about, and then go out and walk barefoot to demonstrate their passion and their decision to make a positive impact on the world.

The other reason why walking is a big deal is that we are all individuals. We may be in a group, but ultimately we are all individuals who are making a choice to say: "this is something I believe I can make a positive impact on the world with, so I'm going to show up and I'm going to do something about it".

Very importantly, remember: it doesn't stop here.
We, individually, have the opportunity to positively affect the people around us. This is about our own capacity to lead. Not just with in the world where we're trying to stop the more than 2/3 of the AIDS deaths in the world which are happening in sub-Saharan Africa; the hundreds of thousands of children who are dying from a virus that, in many cases, they were born with. That's not just what this is about.

What this is about, is recognizing within our own selves, our own capacity to lead, and hopefully our own compassion.

You guys are incredible people.
We are blown away by you.
Because this is a BIG DEAL.
Thank You.

It does not stop with a dollar, it begins with a dollar.
Because tomorrow you can host your own walk. Because tomorrow you can decide to do something in your own capacity for greatness, it's only yours to choose.

So we thank you for walking today. You guys are incredible, you blow us away, and you're not alone 'cause we're going to keep on walking one way or another, and we thank you for that.

You encourage us everyday.

-Isaac Hanson 10.14.2009

link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVySVjzz9Y

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