Frank Warren, the artist behind Post Secret, recently delivered the commencement address at St. Mary's College in Maryland. In preparation for it, he asked members of the graduating class to write a one-sentence response to the question "What do my classmates, and I, need to hear on Graduation Day?" Here are a few of his responses:
Be wise enough not to be reckless, but brave enough to take great risks.
It’s okay to fail – learn from it and you will succeed.
It’s better to be pissed-off than pissed-on.
If you were to asked to deliver a commencement speech that was only one sentence long, what would it be?
http://postsecret.blogspot.com/2009/05/sunday-secrets_17.html
say goodbye if they make you less than you were;
a similar principle applies for nearly everything - ideas, jobs, friends, food and intoxicants :)
"The government is out of control, and you need to fix that."
Though I'm sure she meant it the other way round, in my cash-strapped state it made perfect sense.
"Life is like a box of chocolate, it's delicious!"
-For some, it's best to just take the money you would have put on tuition and spend it on erasers.
*hum*
-Aboriginal Activist Group, Queensland 1970