Dream as you dreamed when you were my age

I am eighteen years old

Many would call me naïve. Many would call me too young. Many would call me too inexperienced.

And I agree with all of them. I am inexperienced, I am young and I am naïve, but I would rather call it idealistic. And although I do not know how to be a good diplomat, have to use a dictionary when reading UN resolutions and although I am getting lost all the times in these buildings, I do have the ability to dream, to believe.

I believe that we can stop the devastating consequences of global warming. I believe that we can be the first generation of a new, peaceful world order. I believe that we can take care of the ones that need it the most.

And I dream about being the hero that accomplished this all.

And I think that’s the power of young people, the fact that we can be naïve, can be idealistic, the fact that we can dream and the fact that we can believe.

So I want to invite you: dream as you dreamed when you were my age, believe as you believed when you were my age. And be the hero you wanted to be when you were my age.