On the Brink, No Less

I cannot WAIT to raise my sons and daughters to be underdogs.  The misfits of junior high and high school.  By no means am I saying that I wish them the teasing and bullying that comes with that, that which I experienced… but to be honest- underdogs win in the end.

I wish every slightly-nerdy, bullied, lonely kid in primary education could be told and realize that they are probably set up to be the luckiest of them all.  Because when you are an underdog you fight.  You get tough, you focus your energy on things more important than what you’re wearing and who you are gossiping about… you focus on making things. You focus on what you are passionate about, and what you want to become.  You focus on making the world better for the poor underdog kids that have to come behind you

And when you make things, when you change things- you become the most popular and influential people of all time.  And you win.  Because you change the world, and you do it by being true to yourself.  

Here’s to the underdogs. Read up on history and the underdogs almost always win, because they’ve got gumption.  

Here’s to the future leaders- they are laughed at now but they’ll be the last to laugh :)