If Commencement speeches were judged like the Olympic sport of diving, the degree of difficulty would always be set to the maximum. Meaning that most efforts to impart actual wisdom to the graduates are almost certain to result in painful belly flops of tiresome clichés. So I admire any effort at Commencement rhetorical elegance no matter how ungainly the result.
Mazel tov to Michael! Boy, that went fast. LOL!! btw, I'm Sami's mom 🥰.
I also loved DFW's graduation speech ... as it provides some very profound wisdom about the human condition. I only wonder if I would have been able to fully appreciate it if I was hearing it as a college grad, and not as a 43 year old (the age I was when he gave the address) with a lot of life experience.
Many years before hearing This is Water, a yoga teacher of mine said, "we're all the stars of our own movie." So, same thing! It actually felt like an epiphany at the time. And helped to remind me to pause and put myself, if one ever truly can, in someone else's shoes for a moment. Incredible life hack.
Anyhoo, thanks for sharing your insights. And again, so excited for Michael. 🎉
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Mazel tov to Michael! Boy, that went fast. LOL!! btw, I'm Sami's mom 🥰.
I also loved DFW's graduation speech ... as it provides some very profound wisdom about the human condition. I only wonder if I would have been able to fully appreciate it if I was hearing it as a college grad, and not as a 43 year old (the age I was when he gave the address) with a lot of life experience.
Many years before hearing This is Water, a yoga teacher of mine said, "we're all the stars of our own movie." So, same thing! It actually felt like an epiphany at the time. And helped to remind me to pause and put myself, if one ever truly can, in someone else's shoes for a moment. Incredible life hack.
Anyhoo, thanks for sharing your insights. And again, so excited for Michael. 🎉
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