with a hat tip to
drchuck.
http://suburbdad.blogspot.com/2009/05/dear-graduates.html the part that resonated most? "You'll remember the feeling of “now what?” and the sense of helplessness that comes from having done everything right and still coming up short. And you'll pause before passing judgment on people in bad spots, because you'll realize that, at some level, we're all just a few bad breaks away from there."
That feeling of "now what?" That sense of helplessness from having done everything right and still coming up short? ... yeeeeeeeeeah. Now for the hard part: pausing before judgment.