I saw this hashtag circling the other day, and I don't have a Twitter to add my thoughts onto it. I need more than 140 characters anyways to thank Bernie Sanders properly. I will stick with him as far as I can, but I need to thank him for more things than I could imagine for a man I haven't met.

Thank you Bernie for standing up and for giving the people a voice that normally don't have a voice. The LGBT+ community, the black community, the poor, the Palestinians, women. Thank you for not just standing up for them but letting them speak as well so that they're struggles can be heard not just from others but from themselves.

Thank you Bernie for showing people that you don't have to be a run of the mill politician to make a difference. An older Jewish man stands out a bit in the world of politics, especially when his parents were from another country and had to start from scratch when they got here.

Thank you for standing up and taking on the "establishment" that has become the Democratic Party and reminding people that we don't have to be in an inner circle to have a voice. Getting into Congress as an independent was hard enough but running as a democratic socialist has been even harder, and you've done better than any of us ever expected. We could only hope when you started.

Thank you for being an inspiration to those of us that had lost faith in politics even if we wanted to grow up to be a politician and president some day.

Thank you for reminding us that it's okay to be different because sometimes the country needs to be shaken up a little bit t get people to stand up for what they believe in.

Thank you for reminding us that we don't have to settle for the present and we can push for change. It's not impossible, and you gave some people passion that had lost it while igniting it others. You showed us that there's no need to be any age to make a difference as long as we're there to make it.

Thank you for reminding us that one person can make a difference, but we are a whole lot stronger together. It might take one person to get us started, but there are plenty more people around to bring us together.

As an aspiring politician, thank you Bernie for showing me that I don't have to start out rich to raise a campaign. I don't have to compromise my morals, and I can start from the bottom too work my way up.

Thank you for showing me that I can light my own path to getting into politics instead of the road that most people get to travel by.

Thank you for reminding me that sometimes I'm going to have to speak loudly to be heard, but people will listen when one person speaks.

Thank you for giving me the experience to make a difference on my own campus and helping me find those that I can stand with.

Thank you showing me it is okay to start with a few people, a sign, some duct tape, and a dream.

Thank you for showing everyone that big money doesn't have to be in politics, and we can make a difference without it.

Thank you for giving us hope.