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-It's time to think about your future, man.
Some people think the future is going to be dark,
like people crying, robots crying, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
I think you about the future a lot
and I believe it's going to be awesome,
has to be. It will be.
Sure, there's bad things in the world,
but there's also...pizza.
Wait, I got to do something better.
There's, like, nothing better.
Yes, there's bad stuff
but doesn't have to stay that way.
We just got to change some stuff.
Just all be cool to each other, like, be cool, man.
Throw kindness around like confetti.
Kindness is less messy.
Don't judge someone
unless you walked a mile in their shoes,
also don't steal the shoes,
borrow them and then return them and then be friends,
make a ruckus for good, you got this.
When life gives you lemons, post about them online,
so people will feel sorry for you.
No, no, you don't do that. [ Laughs ]
When life gives you lemons, you got to make lemonade
and drink it and then you dance.
Be the reason that somebody dances this week.
You see, there's the way things are,
there's the way things could be
and there's you.
And I believe in you.
I believe in you because somebody believed in me
and I guess somebody believed in them
and then the cycle will change.
Someone believed in them
and then somebody believed...
Believing in people is contagious
and that is good because we got lot of people.
Did you know there is over two billion people
under the age of 20 in the world,
two billion, and I'm one of them.
What if every one of them knew somebody believed in them?
When you do something with a kid, it sticks with them.
Anything you do for a kid -- a smile,
a book, teaching them to tie a tie, pancakes.
It becomes part of who they are.
They may not thank you or act like they notice,
but they won't forget.
That's changing the future, man.
What will the future look like?
Will there be flying cars, will there be jetpacks,
will there be hoverboards? I don't know.
If you build them, there will be.
Sure, there's bad stuff in the world,
but there's also you.
You can be anything that you want today, so...
Repeat. It's like shampoo, but with your life.
One of the super powers that we all have
is the ability of changing the future.
You may not feel like you have that much,
but you have right now, that's a lot.
Take time to listen,
listen to a kid, believe in a kid.
Teachers, the librarians, the parents,
to everybody who works with kids,
we are changing the future.
Tomorrow will be better because of how awesome
you are going to make today.
You know what I see in the future?
I am going to predict the future.
I see an awesome Kid President book in your future.
Only if you forward it, man, you got to get it,
to make it happen, change the future.
Get to it.