Graduation.

So everyone should know what I'm about to write about, but to be honest not a single one of you will know because graduation for every single person is different. Just like every single one of our lives are different yet intertwined. Graduation for me started at 6:45 AM this morning. I awakened and got spiffied up so Bryson and I could get to the Patriot Center early for sound checks. By the way Bryson sounded amazing today... well yesterday now and it was an honor to be on stage with him on such a compelling platform. Graduation today was overwhelming to say the least. My extreme fatigue mellowed me out but once the sound check started and I got on stage just to play silly hand drums that sounded amazingly catchy, I looked out upon the many empty seats before me and I started shaking. I'm usually not one to catch nerves too bad cause I control a lot of my emotion pretty decently, but this was just rough. I almost saw all the faces of those I've known and seen for so long right there, and it's hard to contemplate the idea that today would be the only time we'd ever be united as one. Out of our whole school career there is not one time where everyone wears the same thing and is celebrated for being successful at the same time. It was just mind-boggling to be honest. And then to see Taylor up there just ripped me apart in happiness. Moments like that are what life is about. Being there for eachother and caring for one another and acknowleding accomplishments is what this is all about. It's a journey and you'll never have enough money or clothes or friends to buy these moments back. It's wild how they happen so quick and how your whole life can culminate to one very second. The second that caps off a chapter and opens a new one. I don't know what I feel right now but I just know that it's wild and it's happy and it's sad. I feel like the day you first get your red bike for xmas, and you ride it, but you fall down and get a few scrapes, but you're okay so you get up and just cruise on that new bike all day. It's an accumilation of so many triumphs and downfalls that it's weird to think that it's over. I just want to say thank you to all that read this and that know me and that have talked to me. I wouldn't have been able to make it to this day without you, I want to thank my parents and family for supporting me and for always picking me up when I was down. They always see something great in me when it's hard for me even to look in the mirror at myself. Family is what gets you through, those people that can feel potential oozing from your presence and acknowledge it with respect. I want to thank just my community for giving me the opportunity to excel and meet others. But now the time has come for me to spread my wings and fly to my own destination. I don't know how I'll get there, or even if I'll get there, but it's not about getting their anyway. It truly is about the journey. This is only the beginning class of 2010, and I pray that all who have graduated will achieve great success and hold fast to their dreams. Meet and greet, and when someone does you wrong, try to see the good in them. Because why waste your short time on this earth angry or sad? The people in our lives and the experiences we have with them define us. They make us who we are. So dream big and go for gold, you have the power to change the world. Yes you! Take it upon yourself to be someone, to make a difference. Love all, becauses our worth is not measured in silver or gold. Take this summer to examine yourself and figure out what's important to you. This is the time of our lives folks... and I wouldn't miss it for the world. Much love to all of you and may God be with you as you pursue your future endeavors.

Keep The Peace