The Greater Danger for Most of Us Lies Not in Setting Our Aim Too High and Falling Short, but in Setting Our Aim Too Low and Achieving Our Mark.

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark." This quote is significant to a wide variety of people for the mere fact that everyone goes through this. I think that at one point or another, most people will realize goals are meant to be set high rather than low. I also believe people often experience this danger through becoming lazy. The human race is much too powerful to be unproductive. If we set our aim too low, we become incapable of reaching our goals. True satisfaction comes from hard work and morals. An example of this comes from literature. It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini, tells the hardships of a young man who becomes suicidal and checks himself into a psychiatric hospital. The young man, Craig was at his deepest set of depression when he had no motivation. However, when Craig stayed positive with his goals set high; he overcame depression. Another example comes from a film called "Rudy." When Rudy experiences pain and hardships he refuses to be let down. As Rudy reaches for a goal most believe to be out of his reach, he does his best and proves them wrong. From history, we learn that Rosa Parks was a woman who embodied this quote. It was the year 1955 in Alabama, when Parks refused to obey a bus driver's order that she give up her seat and make room for a white passenger. Her action showed she had something to prove, and she was not going to be pushed around anymore.

It's Kind of a Funny Story tells a story of a teen named Craig. Craig has a normal family and friends. Craig's main goal in junior high was to get excellent grades, and an interview to the ivy league school he'd always wanted to go to. Craig was extremely smart and so he got excepted into the school of his dreams. Craig was so happy that day but little did he know, that day was the day would change his life for the worst. As Craig attends the school of his dreams, he