Most people will say that a person’s wedding date is the most important date in their life. After all, year after year, people remember and celebrate their anniversary.
We don’t typically remember and celebrate our graduation dates every year, but that does not mean that date isn’t of great importance. It is truly the date that an individual leaves childhood to go out into the big world and attempt to build a life and career.
Graduation is the culmination (for most people) of 12 years of hard work and study, and that should not be downplayed. The diploma they receive is a certification of an important milestone.
From here, some high school graduates will go on to a university, and others will choose the path of technical college. A very few will have already honed a talent or committed to an apprenticeship and/or join a family business.
However, one commonality among everyone in the graduating student body is that eventually they will face failure of some kind, as well as many successes. Unfortunately, a diploma does not shield one from the mistakes and hurdles that are a part of life.
Just as underperforming on one test does not ruin an entire report card, we advise this year’s graduates to keep in mind that success in life doesn’t happen immediately. Just like earning that diploma, success takes time and the constant drive to move forward.
Failure is never an end, only a learning step in the path to success.
We wish all of our 2025 graduates well as they move into this next new phase of their lives.
