Graduation Speech: May You Have Enough -- Graduation Speech, Commencem

Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968. Mother Theresa 1910-1997. Albert Einstein 1879-1955. All of these people are not remembered for their birth or death dates, still rather what they did with their dash. The dash that goes between their birth and death dates on their headstones. The dash that says what a person has accomplished in their life. The dash that takes up so modest space, but holds so much meaning. What will you do with your dash? Will your dash be one of accomplishment, of success, of compassion, of love, of happiness? I inclination you more than luxuriant of all of these things to make up your dash. I heard a short story recently that I think seems appropriate to share. At an airport a father and daughter were saying good-bye to one another. I love you, I wish you enough. The father said. She said, Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. I wish you enough, too. They kissed good-bye and she left. Walking over toward the window where another young lady was sea ted, he asked her, Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever and a day? ...