Today is the Beginning of Your Life

Written in response to: "Tell a story using a graduation, acceptance, or farewell speech."

Adventure Fiction Inspirational

"Today is the Beginning of your Life." "How you choose to go from here, where you are sitting at, in this very moment, will be the beginning of a long, winding, adventurous journey for each of you."

"The decisions you make, the paths you follow, the twist and turns that befall on you while you make your way in life, will lead you somewhere, anywhere, yet you will never know what is around the bend."

"You will be confronted by many split-second decisions that will change the course you are on, the way you are heading in and will not always give what you wish for or are wanting that very moment." "Be careful about what you wish for, you may regret that decision made."

"In your years of learning, hoping that you learned enough to make wise choices, and having some way to know what you decide will be the best choice, though it may not finish out as we all plan for it to be."

"You will find that life is never fair, never plays by any set of rules and never gives you the things you ask of life for, yet it will present reality in the harshest ways and will never be your friend."

"As you venture out, all on your own, venture out towards an uncertain tomorrow, into a world that makes you feel very small, may you find your own way in a way that allows you to become the person you wish to be, in the way you are meant to be, however you choose to be who you are."

"The road gets bumpy; the guiding light will flicker and burn out, the guard rails will never prevent you from falling over the side into a deep canyon, and may not always sit you upright, though you may have to endure the worst to find the best in all you do and wish to accomplish."

"You can still accomplish much and still be a success." "It all has to do with how you find a way to continue on, even when the going gets rough and the path torturous, you CAN succeed."

"Never let anything make you feel hopeless or worthless." "Never allow the very problem that you come across to be the thing which is allowed to enter your mind neither be allowed to control your future decisions."

"Never think less of yourself, except that you think and believe you are the best you can be as a human being and a person." "Never sell yourself short, never let yourself become smaller than others, while you reach up and reach out for help when it is provided to you."

"Believe in yourself, be yourself and know that you truly gave it your all, or if not then nothing at all, but be honest with yourself always." "Be the one who decides all that matters to YOU, that YOU will seek out and find what you started searching for and always become what your purpose and reason in life allows you to become and then go further."

"Look at and seek out your full potential, seek out and find what makes you the person you strive to be in all things, in all ways, in all ways that give you reason to be challenged and take on the challenge with a purpose and with determination."

"Accept that truth that you are human, Believe in your being human to achieve, and Clarify what you hope to complete without hesitation or reservation." "Only YOU can know how far you go and can go without any interruptions or stumbling blocks."

"YOU can be all that you can be, only if YOU try and find out what you can do." Never allow others perception to be the defining factors in how you perceive yourself."

"Never give up, never give in, never give room for doubt." "Keep yourself in the lane you started in until you are ready to move ahead." "Be good to yourself." "Be kind to yourself." "Be fair to yourself." "Be true to thy own self."

"Be the solution that can try to solve the problem." "Be the one to offer an answer to a question, even if it is the wrong answer at least you offered something to help out."

"Try to use common sense, even if you have to discover what that means to you, in literal terms, often." "Always try to be one that helps others out and to at least offer." "YOU can be the very one who helps to find a way to make things better and less stressful."

"YOU are the best individual YOU can yet be sure you learn to see the signs of what your true potential is and know when you should use it, to be beneficial for yourself, first."

"Find a way to take the first step, take the steps that are small and will become bigger steps as you mature and grow into what you were meant to be." "Grasp and take hold of the things that you feel and begin to believe will make you better in all ways of being human yet will never take away from what a human being really is."

"Go with your gut and think with your mind, using your brain to remember to do both." "Think something thoroughly through and never make hasty decisions."

"Know your willingness to start and the determination to continue and the motivation to finish what you started." "YOU are the one who be your own best friend and your own worst enemy." "Never let the enemy know what the friend is offering to do and be aware of how close the enemy may be with your friend."

In conclusion of this, words to think about that will help you out as you venture out, may you remember that you can go a short distance or a long mile, always stopping along the way to gather up your thoughts, to regroup and be willing to either put on hold what you will return to yet to be sure you will return to it, eventually."

"May you seize that day, like today, where YOU will look back on this and smile, for YOU are the only one who knows exactly what YOU are thinking and how YOU will respond or react."

Posted Jun 08, 2025
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