Benediction

Tomorrow... what a strange thing tomorrow will be. What a wonderful thing tomorrow will be. Tomorrow will be the last time i see many people who have grown close to me. It will be the last time i see my classmates that i have spent in training for the last four years. It will be our initiation into the world, for some. For others, a ticket to a greater responsibility.

I can only thank God for where i am. Four years ago, I would've never guessed how my own high school life was being set up for such a wonderful ending. I was unsure before, but I know now, more than ever, that i couldn't have been put in a better place than my high school.

I have been shown the opposite side of the sea. That place where the water is sky and sky is water. Where nearly everything pales in comparison to the desire to save the people and the most powerful force isn't money or position or power, but of love and trust and happiness. I have been baptized by water, dried by wind, lead by earth, and kissed by fire. Angels continuously prepare the road before me and Jesus travels alongside me as lovers do.But the road has not been easy. There have been pitfalls and detours and splinters the size of fangs, but I have overcome them all, and stand now, tall and more prepared than ever.

Tomorrow, the ceremony begins. My loved ones have blessed me with their wisdom, prayers, and wishes. I must start on my own pilgrimage now. Time for me to use my gifts to impact society.

"ev'ry generation gets a chance to change the world."

This is my chance. This is my time. The road is long, but we may see each other again someday.

Until then, scholars of twenty-ten, may your days be as days should: some blessed with comforting sun, others, refreshing rain. May the storms of life never stop you from pressing onwards, and may each step you take, each resolution you stake, and each choice you take be an echo of all you are.