happy ending

i attended my nephew's commencement last friday and among the things that struck me was that two of the graduating students who delivered a speech both reminisced about their early days in the school they were now about to leave.  they even had identical lines:  "i still remember the first time i entered the gates of <the school>..."

the first time i heard it, i was just, 'awww...'

then when i heard it again from the second speaker, i was like, 'whoa!  the same?!'

i am sure they did not copy from each other.  and i was just thinking, when you reach milestones you do tend to look back at the journey that you have taken.

you recall the initial steps, the challenges and difficulties, the times you almost gave up, the tears, oh, yeah, the laughter and smiles, the people, the things, the Almighty that pulled you through.  every single one has made the culmination such a sweet victory to savor.  the pains fade into the background far outshone by the joys of having emerged triumphant.

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