you and I are not very different from this flower, just like this flower is
unique (you are unique)
all of us have something special that make us as beautiful, do you know
what makes you special, now the answer to that can be a little difficult
to find because sometimes life have a cruel way of picking out your
petals you into and throwing you into the trash, and when you're broken
it's very difficult to feel special
Mr. IBRAHIM CHAFAI my fellow flowers
I can remember the first time I broke I was 17 years old I had already
flunked high school and managed to get myself arrested. Now I wasn't
afraid of the cops, but there was one person I was very afraid of and
that was my mama
I can hear her scream outside the police station even the cops were
afraid. She came up to me held the iron bars looked into my eyes and I
saw a tear coming down her face I've seen my mama cry before
And when a son sees a mother cry tears of shame that's a life-
changing moment she looked at me and said son I want you to be a
better man.
That night when I drove home, my dad was waiting for me at home.
My dad came ou to me and said son it's okay you flunked your exams
you already got arrested that's fine you get that your mother's side.
I want you to start working immediately and I said okay so my dad took
me to meet one of this friends
Called Sam now Sam was an accountant who had an accounting firm
and had generously decided to make me his personal assistant, and
there he was he looked like a teddy bear, but this man was special
I looked at him and he looked at me and then he said the most amazing
thing. He said son, I see something in you, but I don't know what it is
If you decide to work with me I can help you find that something and I
was like whoa that’s the first time in my whole life somebody has ever
told disease on the internet
And I started working for Sam and every day after work he used to tell ,e
stories about world about history about culture and It was much more
interesting than what I learned in school .
And I discovered I can dream and I started dreaming ladies and
gentlemen. After one year I went back into high school completed my
exams and went into college.
After successfully completing I couldn’t find a job. I didn't know what I
wanted to do with my life
Have you ever had that problem. And when you're lost it's d'ff'cult to feel
special.
So I went back to my cool dad and i said dad I feel lost, he said you are
like your mother. So my dad introduced me to this strange club that had
a strange name with strange people talking on the first meeting I see a
strange man seated in the back row, humble, simple. He walked up to
me looked me dead straight in the eye and said son I see something in
you, but I don't know what it is. If you come here twice a month maybe
we can find that something
Ladies and gentlemen today I'm a dreamer and a speaker
I was broken and I've been broken, and broke many times in my life, but
the people in my life were able to each into the trash can and make me
whole again.
If it was up to me I would have never been able to do that and this is
why if you have great people in your life.
No matter how broke how lost or how broken you become, they can
piece you back together
Ladies and gentlemen when I look at you I see something in but I don't
know what it is