Dear Graduate, I don’t know you, and you don’t know me, and at least 40 years separate us in age, but I have a feeling we’re not that different. Every generation gets a name, a label, a bad rap (is that phrase showing my age?), and every generation goes on to find solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems, along with creating new ones for the next generation to tackle.
Thanks for the enlightening essay. I shared it on the “You know you are from Humboldt-Dakota City” FB page for our local graduates (today is graduation here).
I love the thought about focusing on things you can't count. I think about social media, and how it tells us how many "friends" we have and how much they "like" or "don't like" what we have to say. The quantifiable-ness of that is so false, but it's also so hard not to care. I think things are changing! Anyway, THANK YOU for this beautiful piece.
Thanks for the enlightening essay. I shared it on the “You know you are from Humboldt-Dakota City” FB page for our local graduates (today is graduation here).
Beautiful!
YES!
Delayed reading this--glad I finally did. Thank you!
I love the thought about focusing on things you can't count. I think about social media, and how it tells us how many "friends" we have and how much they "like" or "don't like" what we have to say. The quantifiable-ness of that is so false, but it's also so hard not to care. I think things are changing! Anyway, THANK YOU for this beautiful piece.