A few weeks ago I attended my Graduation and before the 2
hour procession I had a chat with a
gentleman in a very long line while hunting down our graduation gowns. He was
very kind and listened as my nerves got the better of me, he smiled and very
confidently said “don’t worry this is only the beginning of greater things”.
A few minutes later gowns in hand we wished each other good
luck and parted ways.
Close to the end of the graduation procession they
introduced the Doctorate Candidate, to my surprise this was the very same young
man that was in the line with me. Upon his introduction they mentioned that he suffers
from Dyslexia and for the last 11 years
has been working towards this mile stone in his life, which he reached (with Cum
Laude).
The first humble words from his mouth was “without God this
would not have been possible” and as I sat their listening to him recall his
journey I realised just how right he was because without Gods grace and the
people he sends our way at different trying times many of our achievements
would not be possible.
This also had me reflecting on the hard roads we often need
to take to find ourselves in this world. On what we need to give up in order to
move on; on how we sometimes need to first fail and fall in order to learn and
rise.
The message to me was somehow clear that in the end its all
possible when you believe a little more and push a little harder.
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