Ihaveadreamthatonedayeveryvallyshallbeexalted,everyhillandmountainshallbemadelow,theroughplaceswillbemadeplain,andthecrookedplaceswillbemadestraight,andthegloryoftheLordshallberevealed,andallfleshshallseeittogether.
Wow,whatadreamithasbeenforMartinLutherKing.Butthechangingworldseemstellingmethatpeoplegraduallygettheirdreamslostsomehowintheprocessofgrowingup,andsometimesIpersonallyfindmyselfsayinggoodbyeunconsciouslytothosedistantchildhooddreams.
However,wemeeddreams.Theynourishourspirit;theyrepresentpossibilityevenwhenwearedraggeddownbyreality.Theykeepusgoing.Mostsuccessfulpeoplearedreamersaswellasordinarypeoplewhoarenotafraidtothinkbiganddaretobegreat.Whenwewerelittlekids,wealldreamedofdoingsomethingbigandsplashy,somethingsignificant.Nowwhatweneedtodoistomaintainthem,refreshthemandturnthemintoreality.However,thetoughestpartisthatweoftenhavenoideashowtotranslatethesedreamsintoactions.Well,juststartwithconcreteobjectivesandsticktoit.Don’tletthenamelessfearconfusetheeyeandconfoundourh2beliefoffuture.Throughourtalents,throughourwits,throughourenduranceandthroughourcreativity,wewillmakeit.
Holdfasttodreams,forifdreamsdie,lifeisabroken-wingedbirdthatcannotfly.Holdfasttodreams,forwhendreamsgo,lifeisabarrenfieldfrozenwithsnow.Somydearfriends,thinkofyouroldandmaybedeaddreams.Whateveritis,pickitupandmakeitalivefromtoday.
Goodafternoon:
Honorablejudges,dearteachersandclosefriends.i’mverygladtostandheretosharemyspeechwithyou.todayi’mgoingtotalkaboutdreams.
Everyonehasadream.
Martinlutherkinghadadream-andwecanallrecallhiscivilrightsspeech.philknighthadadream-andnowthewholeworldknowshisnikeslogan“justdoit”!
Ialsohaveadream,butnotonlyasimpleone.
Wheniwasinprimaryschool,mydreamwasthatiwouldbeadoctorwhenigrewup.i’llbethefirstpersonwhoproducesanewmedicine.thiskindofmedicinecanmaketeachersrelaxwhentheyarebusycorrectingtheirstudents’exercisesandpreparingtheirlessons.becauseonedaywheniwokeupatmidnight,ifoundmyfather,aseniorchineseteacher,wasstillbusywithhiswork.iwasdeeplymoved.iwishmyfathercouldbehealthyandrelaxedeveryminute.
Nowi’maseniorgradetwostudent,allmyclassmatesandiareworkinghard,weallknowthecollegeentranceexaminationwhichwillcomeintheyearofisabigproblemforus.wemuststudyharderandharderinordertogotoagooduniversity,thenwhenwefinishourschool,wecanfindagoodjobinsociety.mydreamisalsothat.thoughnowi’mnotgoodatstudy,i’lltrymybest.
Iknowfantasyishardtocometrue,buedreamcan.
I’llworkhardformydreams,i’llnevergiveup.
Thankyou!