madly inspiring

A facebook acquaintance posted the following statement from Beatnik pioneer Jack Kerouac and it just inspired me like nothing else...

"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."

Sometimes, all it needs to see drastic change is for one courageous, crazy, devil-may-care person to take the initial step. A huge proportion of us tend to wait for that person, huh? You know, the you start and I'll follow your lead type of thing.