Hey, it's Kelly, and at the end of every week, I like to share something true and useful,

something I stumbled over that gave me a burst of optimism, something you can share with

friends like an audio greeting card, something to help us all keep our eyes on what's working

and what could be.

So, I'll be right back with this week's For The Good of the Order.

This is Kelly Corgan Wonders.

Hi, guys. For this week's For The Good of the Order, I am sharing the audio from a

graduation speech I gave at University of Richmond just, you know, a week or two ago, in which I

collected 67 reasons vetted and footnoted to be optimistic in a world that just keeps

serving up heartbreak.

Enjoy.

Hi. How are you?

All right, so before we get into this, I want to establish my primary credential.

Namely, I was you.

Who here has been an RA?

See you, any theta's?

Hello.

We can do the handshake later.

Who played Intermural Flag Football?

Nobody? They don't have that anymore?

Who has kissed more than one brother of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity?

Who here got $10.90 on their SATs and still managed to back their way into a University of Richmond

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