Introduction to the Tootsie Roll Revolution

The Tootsie Roll Revolution. When you think of a Tootsie Roll, you don’t think of it seriously. You don’t think of it as something that can change the world. You don’t think it does anything except what the maker told it to do. Now think of a teenager. Adults don’t take us seriously. They don’t think we could change the world. They think we believe what our parents believe and don’t really have our own opinions and ideas. That we’re miniature models of our parents. It’s time we proved them wrong.

We need to show that ordinary kids just like us – you don’t have to be a prodigy, a genius, or beautiful – can make a difference. If we stand together, that difference may be big. If we stand alone, that difference may be small. It’s your choice.

An idea not shared, an opinion kept to one’s self is an inspiration that will never inspire. Keeping a thought locked away, never to be used is depriving the world of an opportunity that could change, shape, and structure a day of someone’s life, the life of someone’s soul, and the soul of someone’s heart. Will I be selfish enough to hide my light under a bushel when the world gropes in the darkness? But when one person, one mere teen, lifts their bushel away, others just like them will lift off their bushels, too and soon the whole world will be filled with light. Because someone was brave enough to show their candle, nobody will be lost in the night anymore.
You have a candle.
Share it.