Here's to the Starters

Oakland Running Festival by Ella Baker Center

Here's to the starters, to you who are overcome with a desire to create something new, who conquer the fear of uncertainty to offer the world value in a way it's never seen before. Please, continue creating.

Here's to the dreamers, to you who see a goal the rest of us don't quite understand, whose vision guides you to make unconventional choices because that's what unprecedented results require. Please, continue pursuing that goal.

Here's to the bold, to you who dare to be wrong by defying tradition, who make mistakes and try again, who press onward despite criticism, who make yourselves vulnerable because you're braving the unknown. Please, keep testing the boundaries. Because although it doesn't always seem like it, we're rooting for you.