The Seussilitis Commencement Address (With Apologies to Baz Luhrmann)

 

It is graduation season in our local towns;

Class of Twenty-Fifteen seniors, clad in caps and gowns,

Gather to receive diplomas they have, finally, earned.

Entering a world where all the calculus they learned

Won't help them as much as what great speakers can impart;

Lessons happy adults should adhere to from the start.

Best advice from a Commencement that I've ever heard

Was Baz Luhrmann's "Sunscreen" speech...  I second every word.

It boiled down to being kind to others and yourself,

Not to hide your talents 'neath a bushel on a shelf,

Carpe' every diem, gather rosebuds while you may.

Try to help the people who you'll meet along your way.

Offer your apologies to others when you're wrong,

Don't forget that life's a journey and the journey's long.

If you look around to find some rut in which you're stuck,

Forge a new path.  Wishing all of you the best of luck.