Dear Class of 2015,
I know
we all have Dreams. Dreams to succeed at college, dreams to become a teacher or
a lawyer or whatever else you want to be, Dreams to get married and start a
family. Those are all admiral dreams, but those aren’t my dream as graduation
approaches. My dream is to be able to walk across the stage and receive my
diploma on my own two feet. I know that sounds odd, and maybe petty but there
is a lesson you can learn from my dream. That lesson is to take a step out of
the fast lane, and truly enjoy your graduation.
I know
everyone is asking you about your future, what college you’re going to, what
your major is, if you’re living on campus, but if you focus just on that you
are going to miss out on the actual reason you are being asked those questions,
you’re going to miss out on the experience of graduating, which I don’t know
about you but to me isn’t something I want to miss.
So take
it from me, your chronically ill classmate, and make sure you enjoy the little
things that come with graduation. Savor walking in the processional with your
class, because this is the last time you are going to do something like that
before we all go our separate ways. Cherish that walk across the stage, and all
that it means you have accomplished. Take a moment to look around after
graduation, at all your classmates in their caps and gowns, and soak up the
energy that is coming off of them. Enjoy your graduation cake, because you
deserve it for all the hard work you put into graduating. Appreciate each and
every person who comes to your open house, they came because you mean enough to
them for them to come celebrate your accomplishments.
Don’t take the little things for
granted, because if you do, in the end, you will miss out on the whole
experience of graduating. For the day you walk and the day of your open house
live in the moment, because it will go faster than you think. And, when it is
all said and done you will have plenty of time to look ahead, but you will
never be able to go back.
Congratulations Class of 2015!
From Your Fellow Classmate,
B.H.
