Many people ask if I can keep up the pace on all the causes I'm involved in. They say I've been working at in recent months. My parents in particular are concerned about how hard I work and how many events I attend. I am rarely home and rarely have enough time to reflect upon myself except for those few “working” nights I spend in the woods writing and playing with my camera.

I have thought hard about taking a step back and re-evaluating my hard working pace. Everybody says I've gotten a lot of good things done, and should be proud of my accomplishments. I have a 3.66 GPA and my worst grade in college was a B- in a difficult class known as Discrete Structures, three years ago at the University in Albany. I'm a member of Pi Sigma Alpha and are currently an Assembly Intern. I'm Eagle Scout and helped get passed Green Energy at Plattsburgh State. And so many other things.

So I should be content. I have proved myself despite some of the adversity I have faced in my life. Some of the situations I've faced have been personally unique and incredibly difficult. I've taken some massive gambles and sometimes fallen face first into piles of cow dung. And like the stuff you get on your boot, it can awful hard to shake off despite it's stickiness. But I have to do better!

The reality is that I'm not all the way there. There are many mountains left to climb, and many causes I need to fight for in upcoming years. We aren't there to a great society, but if I with the help of many others. There is that stable solid job that will build my future, that I still have a ways to going. And there is that farm and family that I want even farther off in the future. Those things aren't going to be easy and require a lot of effort.

I always want to learn more, do more. It's more then just proving myself or achieving greatness for our society. I am not ready to step back and take it easy. My hyperactivity might be physically wearing me out in my young years, but I am not getting tired of all the great things I am doing. And I want to do more. I want to dream bigger, and be bigger. I can do it. This I believe.