Graduation Speech: Life is a Blank Canvas -- Graduation Speech, Commen

My father always told me that my life is a blank meditate waiting for me to paint my future upon it. As I stand here before my fellow classmates, cherished friends and beloved teachers, I see more than further a graduating class, I see a group of artists waiting to exhibit their art to the world.See, the beauty of my fathers analogy lies in the fact that we have all been given over the right to choose our own destiny, essentially to paint whatever we ask on our canvases of life. Our parents, teachers and friends have taught us all the techniques we need to embrace a magnificent and beautiful future, and now with this diploma, we stand alone with a paintbrush, palette and a world waiting our arrival.The question now is how do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I dont think there is a universal answer to this question, but I do think that youll find an answer for yourself once you meet that even though life may appear to be the highest mountain, you can walk over it taking one step at a time. As a painter, you get to determine what kind of day you are going to have, ...