Graduation Speech -- Graduation Speech, Commencement Address

I once read that life is well represented as a pearl deep at bottom an oyster. The pearl symbolizes each persons potential, or the things that are going well for them in life. Just as a mere grain of sand that enters an oyster endure grow into something of great worth, there is a fragment of excellency within every one of you that over time can be shape you into an soul who will make a difference in the world. There will be trials and hardships to overcome along the road to making a difference, but get by what Hellen Keller once wrote, The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were not limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be one-half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse. It is true that undergoing hard work in order to achieve ones dreams makes the arrival at success even up more gratifying. Our lives are books to which each of us is our own author. We are the ones who write each chapter of our life . The best chapters are to date to be written and among them are talents yet to be discovered. We all po...