Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Miss Grace and I graduate!

Mom, dad, we did it!

A lot of people are doing what they can to celebrate the high school and college class of 2020 from their homes, from actors, to athletes, to Oprah.

Never has a graduating class been called to step into the future with more purpose, vision, passion, and energy and hope.

You know, I've been thinking a lot about this myself.

I look at my three children and I think a lot about the world that they're growing up in.

So I decided I would share some of my own thoughts and maybe even a little advice about going into the world in these troubled times.

Truth is, most people will never remember their graduations.

Let alone their commencement speakers.

It is yet another formality in a day and a time of life when such formalities are certainly important but mostly symbolic.

I don't remember much about my own graduation, except that I was wearing a robe and it was lunchtime.

I remember that moment when I realized that a page had been turned in my life.

That over the last several years, my head learned something.

I was more informed.

I was better at solving problems and could more easily navigate my way through life.

I hoped I had better judgment and could add some real value to the world.

Truth is, I didn't know what I was doing and I didn't know where life would lead me.

I just followed a few basic rules.

Listen, more than talk.

After all, I already knew whatever it was I was going to say.

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