CNN’s Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta gave “kudos ], I learned that external things don't actually make you happy," he said in his acceptance speech. "They didn't make me happy. I was actually really upset while doing that show, not because of the show — it was an amazing show — I just wasn't happy with all of these things outside of myself." ” While we may no longer have a physical manifestation of a place to call home, it hasn’t deterred the eternal hope that we will one day return. In existing every day as Palestinians, we’re resisting the oppression that drove us from our country in the first place. He continued, sharing what now brings him personal fulfillment. "Truly, the thing that made me happy, the thing that actually fulfilled me was not having a successful career, it was doing what I love and giving back to other people," he said.