I Believe

Dec 14, 2016

Spoken word written by Gill Sotu for the 2016 Most Innovative New Product Awards video.

I believe you haven’t seen the best of me yet…
I believe that “limitations” is a 4 letter word and has no place in our heart’s vocabulary/
I believe success is sweat equity and the right connection waiting to happen/
I believe being a true entrepreneur is a habit/
And if you identify as an innovator CONNECT is here to enable it/

I believe life is a science and a painting all rolled into one/
technology informs how we will save the world,
the painting gives us the why/
I believe there are no limits to push,
because if you stick your hand out into the empty part of the earth
you are technically a part of the sky/

This city is the absolute hub of what is possible/
You want people creating tech that matters,
while eating tapas, dressed up like superheroes,
aggressively ambitious about just going with the flow,
yep San Diego..

A community committed to connection and collaboration/
The tip of the spear of saving lives through innovation,
Grit and determination/
We take inspiration from our ocean breaks
Around, under, or above any obstacles in our way …

This work is too important/
Really, this work, our work, is too important …

We are home to modern alchemists manipulating silver dreams into platinum passions/
Take these individual passions, give them the tools and opportunity to walk down the same path towards the world’s betterment,
And you have just begun a MOVEMENT.
You can almost feel the ground shake from the momentum these innovators make. /
This is the definition of TRUE and LASTING change/

Do you wish to be a part of this?
Is there some small section of you that says,
“I can reconstruct the narrative of this world so that the news HAS to report on my positive. “

When you are forced to push through fatigue and failure,
between labored breaths, is your mantra I …BELIEVE?
If this is you, all you have to do is wake up,
take note of your reflection/
Starring back, you do not see too old …
You do not see too young …
In your mind you have installed a fun house mirror
Unable to reflect other people’s negative illusions/
What you DO see is the warm light permeating from the “CHAMPION” section of your spirit’s store/
Smiling, screaming,

“WHAT’S NEXT?”
“WE’RE NEXT!”

I believe we are living in a time where creativity has been unleashed/
And this kinetic creative energy is like clear opal thrown into the waters of our human experience creating ripples,
that turn into waves/

I believe the natural beauty we are blessed to be around is our muse,
A catalyst …
San Diego horizons were made for imagining/
What if we did life without out dis-ease/
What if we could use science to connect people in a way that facilitates inexhaustible empathy?

For every imbalance humans create,
There are other men and women who are put here to counterweight/
And YOU are one of the people born to do it …if you ask me/
But ultimately, It doesn’t matter what I see in you/
The real question is,
Do you believe in you?
Are YOU ready to change the world?

What do you believe?