School's out for summer, and for some of you, Timpanogos High is permanently in your rear view mirror.
The quote on your graduation program this year was "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go and do it. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive." by Howard Thurman
That same idea has been expressed by many leaders. John F. Kennedy said "let us begin..." this journey. You can watch it here. The idea is exactly the same. Come alive! Find your passion!
Martin Luther King, Jr. expressed it as his dream. I know you're familiar with that speech.
Henry David Thoreau best expressed this by saying that "The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."
One of my most favorite quotes chosen for graduation is by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." Of course this is what the quote chosen on the program means. What your teachers, parents, and friends want is for you to be is what your ring tone says: "Rockstar," "Billionaire," "Firework." We are the greatest fans of your life.
The world is waiting for you: What the world needs most is someone who knows how to blaze across the sky. "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Blaze on, class of 2011. Blaze ahead.
