User:Alex123*28

THE CREED Marva N. Collins Society will draw a circle that shuts me out, but my superior thoughts will draw me in. I was born to win if I do not spend too much time trying to          fail. I can become a citizen of the world if I do not spend too many energies attempting to become local. I will ignore the tags and names given me by society since only I know what I have the ability to become. I will continue to let society predict, but only I can determine what I will, can, or cannot do. Failure is just as easy to combat as success is to obtain. Education is painful and not gained by playing games, but I         have seen failure too destroy millions with promised hopes and broken dreams. While I have the opportunity, I shall not sit on the sidelines bitter with despair and wish later that I had become a literate lifter of this world instead of a failing leaner. I will use each day to the fullest. I promise that each day shall be gained, not lost, used, not thrown away. Yet it is         my privilege to destroy myself if that is what I choose to          do. I have the right to fail, but I do not have the right to take my teacher and other people with me. God made me the captain of only one life, my own. Therefore, if I decide to become a failure, it is my right. We were all promised a pursuit of happiness, and that is what I must do, pursue happiness and success for myself. No one will give it to me on a proverbial platter, and no one will care as much about me as I must care about myself. But I must be willing to accept the consequences for that failure and I         must never think that those who have chosen to work while I          played, rested, and slept, will share their bounties with me. I will wave proudly my flag signifying that I am a failure by         choice. But I will never envy those who have selected to wave their unfurled banners announcing their success. My success and my education can be a companion which no         misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate. No envy or names can hurt me. Education and success can be a lifetime solace. It guides goodness, it gives at once grace and genius to governments, communities, cities, townships, villages, homes, and palaces. Without education, what is a man? A splendid slave, a savage, a beast, wandering from here to there believing whatever they are told. God is not some cosmic bellboy who comes at my         beckon and call. If I want to achieve, the first step must be         my own undertaking. Likewise, if I want to fail, that too is         my choice. Time and chance come to us all. Whether I decide to take that time and chance is indeed my own choice. I can either be hesitant or courageous. Life does indeed maroon the hesitant and inspire the brave. I can swiftly stand up and shout, "This is my time and place.         I will accept the challenge, or I will let others make my          decisions for me." THE END