Favorite Reading

I used to love to read when I was little. My favorite books were Dr. Suess books, especially The Lorax. This book was not only fun to read as a child, but it taught a lot of values that I still uphold today. The Lorax is about this furry little creature that lives in a beautiful forest area. He shares his home with many other types of flora and fauna. One day, someone comes and takes advantage of the environment and begins to take advantage of the forest to make a profit. The Lorax speaks up and tries to save the land numerous times; he does everything in his power to make the company realize that they are ruining the land, but he fails at it. The Lorax ends up leaving with the rest of his animal friends because the land is so ravaged. However, at the end of the book, a child is given the last tree seed in existence and is told that he can rebuild and make life possible again.

Some of my favorite quotes are from this book--the Lorax himself is a small creature (he stands on tree stumps and is still a lot smaller than those he's speaking to), but he has a huge opinion and an even bigger heart. It is silly to say, but I have always idolized him; I'm short as well, but if the Lorax can stand up for what he believed in, I can have the courage to do the same. One of my favorite quotes is "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." This is still very much true today for me; I have always lived my life by these words. If you want something done, you have to get it done yourself, you can't rely on other people to do it.