My dear terrified graduates, you are about to enter the most uncertain and thrilling period of your lives. The stories you are about to live are the ones you will be telling your children, and grandchildren, and therapists.

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"That nothing here is promised, not one day. And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside. Now fill the world with music, love and pride."

- Lin Manuel Miranda

Love

""That clock you hear is the sound of your own heart. Sink your teeth into this life, and don’t get let go.""

- Lin Manuel Miranda

Awareness

"What do you have to do? What do you want to do? Tomorrow is not promised. Make plans anyway."

- Lin Manuel Miranda

Motivation

"That clock you hear is the sound of your own heart. Sink your teeth into this life, and don’t get let go."

- Lin Manuel Miranda

Motivation

"No exact recipe for today. Gather all available ingredients and whip yourself up something delicious."

- Lin Manuel Miranda

Creativity

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"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."

- Beauty and the Beast

Courage

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

- Mark Twain

Courage

"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."

- Tracee Ellis Ross

Courage

"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."

- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Courage

"Courage, dear heart."

- C.S. Lewis

Courage