graduation thoughts

these years have sown seeds of knowledge and potential, and by now they made have made it into very sprightly saplings. everyone here still has a lot of growing to do. this is a corny metaphor i know, but bear with me. metaphors are worthwhile. Nourish it. cherish it. keep it healthy and sprightly. everything dies when it is deprived of light or sustenance. never stop growing, and never think you can stop learning.

they say that our generation is characterized above all, even above our terrible pop music and sickening word usage and even our gut-punching, obnoxious self-satisfaction, is our eternal optimism. It's a measured but enduring faith in society, and the belief that the world is slowly but surely becoming a better place each day. I hope that each and every one of us will never lose this faith and otimism, will never give in to the slimy complacency of cynicism, because as i once read on a youtube page left by an adroit commenter, "cynicism is the tool of cowards".

welcome to the beginning of the rest of your lives. enjoy it and make it worthwhile. congratulations. mazel tov.