Chapter 2- We Don't Have To Be Saints

In this chapter the author is talking about how even the greatest people have flaws. He says that even Rosa Parks had her failures regardless of her successes. Here he is talking about how everyone is human and they will all make mistakes along the way.  He goes on to talk about how Ghandi started out as a shy tongue-tied average person. The author says that viewing him as just an average person leaves the doors wide open for the rest of us. I think he is saying that everyone has the power to be great, if they work hard at it. He then talks about how the things that inspire us are too often ignored or forgotten about. If we need to be motivated to go on then we have to take the time to find those little things that will inspire us. He also talks about how ordinary men and women have fought to preserve our freedoms. This chapter is all about how everyone has a chance to be the "greatest."