see in my neighborhood, and she goes describe what you see and i described the projects and a ba bandoned building being used for drugs and the graffiti that i saw, and the more that i talked and the more this woman looked at me like she was upset with me, and i finally said what's wrong? she said boy, you need to understand something. the world you see outside of you is a reflection of what you have inside of you. and if you are one of those people who looks around my community and all you see is problems and darkness and despair, that's all that's ever going to be, but if you're one of those people who every time you open your eyes you see hope, opportunity, and you see love then you can be one of the people that helps me. i want to tell you a lot of folks are talking about themselves, but i want to talk about you. because what i learned in the city of newark, eventually becoming the mayor of that city that the hope of that community did not lie in one individual in one office, it lied with the people and our ability to come together and stand together and work together and fight togeth