graduation and life
I remember when I was a child, before I stepped into first grade, I asked my mom, "Ma, when will my next graduation be?" When she told me it was seven years more, I was disappointed because I had fun during the ceremony and I wanted a similar experience. Besides, seven years IS a long time.
Looking back now, some fifteen years later, I realize that things just went by in a flash. Before I knew it, I had reached and finished seventh grade... Then, four years later, high school. And now, here I am before you, a college degree holder. Sometimes, I have to wonder, where had time gone? How come it had passed by so quickly? But, no matter, I have no regrets. I have finished what I have started out to do and it is time that I take to heart my task of being the youth to help take over what the generations before us had started... and to continue that work to benefit us all.
During the ceremony today, there were times that I felt I would cry. Why? Because I thought, "It's finally over. I'm an adult now and I am leaving the child behind." Although this doesn't mean that I would completely forget myself, it just means that I would miss the life that I am leaving behind in order to start a new life as part of a society that is bigger in scope than the one that I had been in. My world before had always been constrained to books, teachers, and family. Now, I have a whole new world to explore and even if I am making some headway into this, it is still a scary prospect. I am now an individual in a realm of many such individuals.
"The child is gone."
Johnny Depp said that in Finding Neverland. Although this could be applied to the graduates who are now full-fledged members of the community, it doesn't mean that we can not find that child again. We are all children; we just forget what it was like. But we shouldn't because if we do, we forget what it's like to really live.
Congratulations to Batch and CATCH 2T5 :)
ANIMO LA SALLE!
may God be with us all :)
Looking back now, some fifteen years later, I realize that things just went by in a flash. Before I knew it, I had reached and finished seventh grade... Then, four years later, high school. And now, here I am before you, a college degree holder. Sometimes, I have to wonder, where had time gone? How come it had passed by so quickly? But, no matter, I have no regrets. I have finished what I have started out to do and it is time that I take to heart my task of being the youth to help take over what the generations before us had started... and to continue that work to benefit us all.
During the ceremony today, there were times that I felt I would cry. Why? Because I thought, "It's finally over. I'm an adult now and I am leaving the child behind." Although this doesn't mean that I would completely forget myself, it just means that I would miss the life that I am leaving behind in order to start a new life as part of a society that is bigger in scope than the one that I had been in. My world before had always been constrained to books, teachers, and family. Now, I have a whole new world to explore and even if I am making some headway into this, it is still a scary prospect. I am now an individual in a realm of many such individuals.
"The child is gone."
Johnny Depp said that in Finding Neverland. Although this could be applied to the graduates who are now full-fledged members of the community, it doesn't mean that we can not find that child again. We are all children; we just forget what it was like. But we shouldn't because if we do, we forget what it's like to really live.
Congratulations to Batch and CATCH 2T5 :)
ANIMO LA SALLE!
may God be with us all :)