Good morning, esteemed faculty and families of my fellow graduates. It is an honour to be standing up here today.
I know we all think that we are imortal. We are supposed to feel that way; we are graduating. But, like our brief four years in high school, what makes life valuable is that it doesn't last forever. What makes it precious is that it ends. And I know that now more than ever, and I say it today of all days to remind us that time is luck.
So don't waste it living someone else's life. Make yours count for something, fight for what matters to you no matter what, cause even if we fall short, what better way is there to live?
It is easy to feel hopeful on a beautiful day like today, but there will be dark days ahead of us, too. There will be days when you feel all alone, and that is when hope is needed most. No matter how buried it gets, or how lost you feel, you must promise me that you will hold on to hope. Keep it alive, we have to greater than what we suffer. My wish for you is to become hope, people need that, and even if we fail, what better way is there to live?
As we look around here today, at all of the people who helped make us who we are, I know it feels like are saying goodbye, but we will carry a piece of each other into everything that we do next, to remind us of who we are, and who we are meant to be.
I've had a great four years with you, I'll miss you all very much.
Source: YouTube video by @thezencircle6212: "Gwen Stacey Motivational Speech - Amazing Spider-Man 2"