Graduation is Upon Us - Lets take a walk!

Its been a long time coming and the excitement and anxiety have now started to build up. I am almost DONE! Almost there. Just three more months. Hang in there. You'll WALK soon enough.

But there are some (and you know who you are) who are weary of the graduation talk, leery of the importance of the walk, yet cheery about finally being done. I am not sure about your reasons for not walking on graduation day; after all it is personal in nature - but I like to think that cynicism may have taken its toll on you OR you simply are too cool to walk. If you self-evaluate yourself in one of these categories, I've got a story to tell you.

Its a story of a father who was just TOO COOL and TOO CYNICAL to walk at his graduation. "What am I gonna do, walk up there and be handed a blank piece of paper," he thought, "And then what, pose for a few pictures infront of people who pretend they're excited for me, stand for hours for no reason, and then start on with a very difficult life ahead of me? No thank you!" he continued thinking. Years later when his son graduated with distinction, he had the desire to create a collage - one that would embody his graduation picture next to his father's. To keep the integrity of the surprise he searched and searched through the family albums but could find none. He finally asked his mother for some help but the mother, saddened, replied, "Sorry honey, your father never walked ... he has no pictures." The son, crushed, went to his father and asked, "Dad, why didnt you walk." The father had no answer.

You see this story is fiction. However, it is something that can happen.

So, take a walk, enjoy the spirit of the day, pretend that the people with you really are excited for you (truth is they really are), and make a few memories to cherish for years to come. You won't regret it.

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