Tomorrow night, I have the honor of speaking Northwest Rankin’s graduating class. Two of my fellow Sprayberry High School classmates will be in the audience. Their daughter, a very talented and bright young lady, is the salutatorian.
It seems like a million years since her parents and I crossed our stage. Actually it was 29.
I have twenty years of mistakes and lessons to use for my speech. Amy asked me what I was going to say — I can tell you this, it will be fairly brief. I’m not the star of the show. The graduates are. But I want them to understand that they will fail and that the lessons gained from that failure are what plants the seeds for greatness. And I want them to understand the importance of heart.
I was most talented from my class. I think I’d be a bigger success if I had won most persistence. Heart is the secret to succeeding. Heart that leads to passion.
Passion is like bacon. It makes everything better.
Tomorrow night, I get to wear a robe and a funny hat. I’m looking forward to it, to be honest. I can’t wait to meet our future and tell them “congratulations” first hand.