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GRADUATION SPEECH

Somet i
mesy ouneedtogetknockeddownbeforey oucanreal
l
yf i
gureoutwhatyour
fi
ghtisandhowy ouneedtofighti
t.
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outancientti
mes,inst
it
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havebeenbui l
tontopofhi
ll
stoconveythei
rgreatstr
uggl
eisrequir
edtoachieve
degreesofenli
ghtenment
.

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ouhady ourownuni quedi f
fi
cult
ieswiththehil
l.
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l
engewasact uall
yacademics.Wheny ouhearwor ds****
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snot
you,
youwor k
edhar d.Youdi
dy ourbest,butyoudi dn'
tmak eA'sorB'
ssometimesC's
younev
ermadet hedean'sli
st,
butthat'sok ayyou'reher
eont opofthehil
l
.

AndIwantt osaysomethingtothaty ouk nowsomet i


mesy ourgradesdon' t
gi
vear ealindicat
ionofwhatyourgreatnessmi ghtbe. Soitreal
lyi
sok ayforot hersit
wasfinancialyouandy ourf
amilystuggledt omak eendsmeetev erysemest erofy our
matri
culati
on. Youhadtostandinonel i
net ogett oanot herli
neforsomebodyt hat
mighthelpy ou,youhadtorevokeanex trajobort wo, butyou'rehereforal otofy ou,
notall
,butal otofyouyouhardeststr
uggl ewassoci al.Someofy ounev erfitiny ou.
Youwi l
lneverascool andaspopularasy ouwanti ttobe. Anditbothersyou. Soy our
soci
alstrugglesherebecamepsy chological
.Ev enthoughy oumadei tupt heHi l
l,you
carr
ythebaggageofr ej
ecti
onwithyou, buty ou'r
eher e.

Orsomeofy ouwentt hr oughsomet hi


ngtraumatic.Youmadei tt
ot hetopof
theHil
l,butnotwithoutscarsandbr uises,someofy oufitint
omuch. Youareont he
yard,r
appingony ourfratbl
ock ,wher ey ouweresupposedt obei
nclass.Oryougot
caughtupi ntheDCpar tyli
fe.Youcar ryt hebaggageoftoomuchaccept ance
completingalongclimbonef i
rstex peri
encesdizzinessdisori
ent
ati
onandshor tness
ofbreathduet othehighalti
tude. Butoncey oubecomeaccust omedt ot
heclimby our
mindopensupt othetranquil
ityoft hetriumph.

Of
tenti
mest hemindisfloodedwi threal
izati
onsthatwer eforsomer easonare
hardertocomet owher eyouwer eatal owerelevati
onatt hi
smomentmostofy ou
needsomer eal
izati
onsbecauserightnowy ouhav esomebi gdecisi
onstomak e.
Rightnow. Iur
gey ouinyourbreath,i
ny oureyes,inyourconsciousnessinvestinthe
i
mpor tanceofthismomentandcher ishitIknowsav ortasteofyourtri
umphst oday.
Don'tj
ustswal l
owt hemomentwhol ewithoutthatdisgesti
ngwhati sactual
ly
happenedher e?

Lookdownov
erwhaty
ouconquer
edandappr
eci
atewhatGodhasbr
ought
y
out
hrough.

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