I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to the next right thing.

You're listening to episode 127.

This is a podcast about making decisions but also about making a life.

If you struggle with decision fatigue, chronic hesitation, or just need a few minutes away

from the constant stream of information and the sometimes delightful but also distracting

hum of entertainment, you're in the right place for a thoughtful story, a little prayer,

and a simple next right step.

In today's episode, I particularly have the class of 2020 in mind.

They're missing out on a lot as we know full well and so I thought it fitting for me to

dedicate at least one episode to these students to offer my sincere congratulations on a job

well done, to celebrate the milestone it is to come to the end of your high school or

college career and to give a gentle nod to the parents, the teachers, the coaches, and the

loved ones of our graduates as you are also reaching the end of this experience, though

it may be more quiet and reflective than it is for your graduate.

Of course if you're not a graduate and you don't even know one, maybe you'll hear a

little something that you can apply as well because aren't we all in transition?

Aren't we always learning something new?

Today we'll put the pandemic aside for just a few minutes and give three cheers to these

students, teachers, and families of this graduating class as best we can.

Listen in.

In his book based on a commencement speech, he gave at Dartmouth College in 2011.

Charles Wheeling tells a story about how he was once a guest on a news program hosted

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