# DON'T WASTE 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpEXD-mrEgk

[00:00] when given the choice between being
[00:02] blind or being deaf do you know what
[00:06] most people choose take a guess they
[00:11] choose to be deaf it's not breaking news
[00:16] right I mean to choose the eyes is such
[00:19] an easy decision so it boggles my mind
[00:22] even though we cherish our eyes so many
[00:25] people live without having a clear
[00:28] vision did you know that there are seven
[00:32] point seven billion people on this
[00:34] planet you probably did but did you know
[00:38] that no two of them have the same iris
[00:41] pattern I checked it out it's a true
[00:44] fact even twins are different likewise
[00:49] you yes you have your own unique vision
[00:54] at birth the universe gave you a
[00:57] prescription
[00:58] that's custom-made lenses designed for
[01:01] you and placed in your heart so do not
[01:04] live your whole life without having
[01:07] contact with that part
[01:11] you know life is kind of like that movie
[01:14] bird box you know it with Sandra Bullock
[01:16] or Netflix it was big my point is a lot
[01:20] of people are afraid to look at their
[01:22] dreams but unlike the movie you won't
[01:24] die when you see them you will finally
[01:27] live
[01:30] my little brother told me he was afraid
[01:32] of the dark last night I took the man
[01:35] thinking what a plight kids are afraid
[01:38] of the dark
[01:39] adults afraid of the light I guess
[01:42] that's life see a wise man once said
[01:44] there are none so blind as those who
[01:47] choose not to see how many people do you
[01:51] know who were given a vision giving an
[01:53] idea but chose not to act on it they got
[01:56] the call but hit decline on a true
[01:58] purpose of their lives maybe this is you
[02:00] and maybe you were scared maybe you
[02:03] needed someone else to confirm it and
[02:04] make it clear but that's not how the
[02:06] world works I swear see eyes that look
[02:09] are common eyes that can truly see a
[02:13] rare oh you want proof well let's play a
[02:17] game I'm gonna make a statement and then
[02:20] you guess the person's name you ready
[02:23] let's play he was fired from a newspaper
[02:26] for having no imagination or original
[02:29] ideas Walt Disney okay next one his
[02:37] teachers saying he was hopeless and
[02:38] would never be a composer
[02:42] that's Beethoven how about this one her
[02:45] singing coach said she will never make
[02:47] it as a singer because her voice breaks
[02:49] too much Lady gaga see the critics
[02:55] couldn't see Tyrone bogs vision either
[02:57] when Tyrone was 10 years old he stopped
[03:00] growing he was diagnosed with the rare
[03:03] disease that stunted his growth he spent
[03:05] his whole life at the height he was when
[03:08] he was 10 so how could this boy play in
[03:11] the NBA for 13 seasons because he had a
[03:15] vision bigger than his limitations
[03:17] everybody told him he would never make
[03:19] it when asked how does it feel to be
[03:22] surrounded by men so much bigger than
[03:24] you he said quite simply and intently
[03:28] kind of feels like being a dime amongst
[03:32] pennies never I repeat never let the
[03:35] experts stop your dream they can't see
[03:38] your heart remember experts built the
[03:40] Titanic amateurs built the ark
[03:43] scientists say that the bumblebee isn't
[03:45] supposed to fly they say it's it's puny
[03:48] wings can't hold up his body they're
[03:50] just not anatomically right well if
[03:53] bumblebees could speak they would say
[03:55] bro you don't know my life last month I
[03:59] was in the UAE and what I saw brought
[04:02] tears to me only fifty years ago all
[04:04] they had was sand and dreams literally
[04:07] no running water or electricity but
[04:10] their vision was large today you can eat
[04:13] lunch a half-mile in the sky every
[04:15] citizen gets an education and those
[04:17] roads for camels on that highways for
[04:20] cars
[04:21] you know the old saying shoot for the
[04:23] moon and if you miss you land amongst
[04:25] the stars well in 2020 the Emirates have
[04:29] a space mission shooting to Mars ladies
[04:35] and gentlemen what is your dream you
[04:37] better own it do not let people with
[04:39] possibility blindness nearsighted
[04:42] ambitions block your vision and give you
[04:44] life glaucoma there have been over 107
[04:48] billion people who have lived and died
[04:50] on planet earth but there has never been
[04:52] and it will never be another you you
[04:55] have greatness inside of you you have a
[04:57] gift inside of you so take that
[04:59] blindfold off now rip it up break it
[05:01] life ain't just about making a living
[05:03] this about living you're making it is no
[05:07] coincidence that the Year approaching is
[05:09] 2020 because I have a funny suspicion
[05:12] that if you work on your self-image and
[05:14] stop squinting at your ambitions then
[05:16] 20/20 won't be your year
[05:20] it will be your decade of perfect vision
[05:29] [Applause]
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