“Courage has you say in a defiant spirit you can take everything from me, you could cut me deep, you could render me in shame but you will never ever stop me from loving those who mock me, from loving those that hate me, from loving those who don’t forgive me, from loving the cynics, from loving the darkness so much that I myself through my small acts of consistent unyielding love may bring on the light.”
Cory Booker gave Stanford’s commencement address yesterday and he was definitely an improvement over the last couple year’s speakers (Susan Rice and Mexican President Calderon being the most recent two). Although quite oratorical, his speech was full of passion, authenticity, and a grounding in family experience and values that made it hard to dislike. It was refreshing to hear a political leader speak about openly about unity and love, when most other folks in government seem to be focused only on division and political theater these days.
(Source: christopher144)
