Graduation Day Number One
Ahhh....Graduation.
Again...
When you have seen as many Graduations, or Commencement as it's known around here, then the "specialness" seems to begin to wear off. The calling of names and marching across the stage seems to just blur into one big long-winded event; but therin lies the danger.
Commencement is a very special event for many people, including those witnessing the event. The very name implies that a new phase of life is beginning for those who walk across that stage. It should be very important to all in attendance, but for some the glitter of the ceremony has started to fade.
This thought struck me today during the third of three ceremonies I was attending. With three still to go tomorrow, something has to be done, if for nothing more than my own sanity. It's been a long time back but the minister at church preached a sermon entitled "Remembering Your Baptism". What it basically boiled down to was that anytime you saw someone getting baptized or even just the baptismal font, you should pause and remember your own baptism.
Let's apply the same for graduation. What if anytime you attended a graduation, heard Pomp and Circumstance, or saw a commencement gown you paused and remembered your own graduation or your child's graduation? Think back to that time when the world seemed so bright and open. When dreams had come true, wishes had been fulfilled, and probably many prayers be answered. Remember that moment, that feeling of accomplishment, that idea that you had made it. Remember? It was that time when you were ready to take on the world and that each morning seemed like a new chance to conquer the world.
Think back to that time and hold on to that feeling. In a world like today, we all can certainly benefit from carrying around a little bit of that graduation magic with us.
Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that, you'll make a difference. ~Arie Pencovici
It is indeed ironic that we spend our school days yearning to graduate and our remaining days waxing nostalgic about our school days. ~Isabel Waxman
Again...
When you have seen as many Graduations, or Commencement as it's known around here, then the "specialness" seems to begin to wear off. The calling of names and marching across the stage seems to just blur into one big long-winded event; but therin lies the danger.
Commencement is a very special event for many people, including those witnessing the event. The very name implies that a new phase of life is beginning for those who walk across that stage. It should be very important to all in attendance, but for some the glitter of the ceremony has started to fade.
This thought struck me today during the third of three ceremonies I was attending. With three still to go tomorrow, something has to be done, if for nothing more than my own sanity. It's been a long time back but the minister at church preached a sermon entitled "Remembering Your Baptism". What it basically boiled down to was that anytime you saw someone getting baptized or even just the baptismal font, you should pause and remember your own baptism.
Let's apply the same for graduation. What if anytime you attended a graduation, heard Pomp and Circumstance, or saw a commencement gown you paused and remembered your own graduation or your child's graduation? Think back to that time when the world seemed so bright and open. When dreams had come true, wishes had been fulfilled, and probably many prayers be answered. Remember that moment, that feeling of accomplishment, that idea that you had made it. Remember? It was that time when you were ready to take on the world and that each morning seemed like a new chance to conquer the world.
Think back to that time and hold on to that feeling. In a world like today, we all can certainly benefit from carrying around a little bit of that graduation magic with us.
Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that, you'll make a difference. ~Arie Pencovici
It is indeed ironic that we spend our school days yearning to graduate and our remaining days waxing nostalgic about our school days. ~Isabel Waxman
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