Passing Thoughts
Today is not just another day. Today is your day. Everyone has come dressed in their Sunday best and you are decked out in yours as well. All of the friends and relatives show up for your graduation. You’ve worked so hard and met the entire curriculum. Suddenly there it is, the thing you’ve worked all these years to achieve. . .your Death Certificate. Yes, you’ve completed a successful life.
Wait a minute!? That guy over there is getting his certificate too. But. . .but. . .he didn’t do the safe thing, didn’t follow all the rules. He was reckless, went with what he felt and followed his heart. He had huge successes, but huge failures as well. This guy went with his emotions, took risks, made mistakes and he gets the same certificate? That’s a bunch of crap! Shouldn’t you at least get to be valedictorian or something?
So what was the point of going through life and always doing the right thing, the moral thing, the accepted thing? Oh, right, it’s so that after graduation you get that corner office at Heaven, Inc. That guy over there is going to be working the grill at Hell Burger. “Would you like fries with your Harpy Meal?”
Hmm, but what about forgiveness? Sure you followed the straight and narrow, but even you had your share of mistakes. So maybe, just maybe life wasn’t about being perfect. So what was the point then? Well, the whole point of a graduation is to celebrate what one has learned. But how did you learn in life? It wasn’t like school where you had a professor and a text book. Hmm, it seems that from the time you were a baby you tried different things and when you failed, you learned from your mistakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .oh, crap.
In your quest for perfection you quit taking chances. You wasted the majority of your life by not risking failure and learning the associated lessons. You’ve managed to scrape by with a “D” average and that guy over there has straight “A’s” with all the bumps and bruises to prove it. As the realization hits you, you silently begin to applaud him, for he is the true valedictorian.
Wait a minute!? That guy over there is getting his certificate too. But. . .but. . .he didn’t do the safe thing, didn’t follow all the rules. He was reckless, went with what he felt and followed his heart. He had huge successes, but huge failures as well. This guy went with his emotions, took risks, made mistakes and he gets the same certificate? That’s a bunch of crap! Shouldn’t you at least get to be valedictorian or something?
So what was the point of going through life and always doing the right thing, the moral thing, the accepted thing? Oh, right, it’s so that after graduation you get that corner office at Heaven, Inc. That guy over there is going to be working the grill at Hell Burger. “Would you like fries with your Harpy Meal?”
Hmm, but what about forgiveness? Sure you followed the straight and narrow, but even you had your share of mistakes. So maybe, just maybe life wasn’t about being perfect. So what was the point then? Well, the whole point of a graduation is to celebrate what one has learned. But how did you learn in life? It wasn’t like school where you had a professor and a text book. Hmm, it seems that from the time you were a baby you tried different things and when you failed, you learned from your mistakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .oh, crap.
In your quest for perfection you quit taking chances. You wasted the majority of your life by not risking failure and learning the associated lessons. You’ve managed to scrape by with a “D” average and that guy over there has straight “A’s” with all the bumps and bruises to prove it. As the realization hits you, you silently begin to applaud him, for he is the true valedictorian.
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