One Sentence

In the world of today, every imaginable piece of information can be found with extreme ease, right at the tip of one’s fingers.  The who, what, when, where, why, and how can be established in only a few moments, with just the single click of a mouse. 

Although it seems farfetched and completely unimaginable, just suppose that all knowledge and information were to be destroyed, other than a single sentence that could remain to be passed on to the next generation of people.  This one sentence would serve as the foundation for the entire world to be built upon.  Which single, solitary sentence do you think should be preserved? Which particular sentence would present the world with the most powerful pieces of information?  If it were up to me, I would leave behind this one: With a little hard work, determination, and cooperation, absolutely anything and everything is possible.

Our present day society is programmed to believe that to live is to have more power, a higher social class, and to be recognized, as opposed to working together and encompassing the differences among us.  True teamwork, equality, and respect are virtues that have been lost through the ages, but I feel that by building an entire world based upon the words of my sentence, these merits can be regained.  Now, I know that this may seem totally impossible, but I have faith that it could happen, and I believe that it would be an absolutely phenomenal occurrence.  The sentence that I would choose to leave behind holds so much power, and an even a greater amount of potential.  If this potent dose of dignity and respect could replace even just the slightest amount of the negativity in today’s culture, there are no limits as to how much better our world could be.