Will write more on what I think of the 3rd Twilight Movie, Eclipse, in some other blog but for now just feel this speech by Jessica at their graduation is what every young person needs to hear, and also every parent.
“When we were five, they asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. Our things were answers like astronaut, president, or in my case, princess… When we were ten, they asked us again. We answered - rock star, cowboy, or in my case, gold medalist… But now that we’ve grown up, they want a more serious answer. Well, how about this… Who the hell knows? This isn’t a time to make hard and fast decisions. This is the time to make mistakes. Take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere chill. Fall in love - a lot. Major in philosophy because there’s no way to make a career out of that. Change your mind. Then change it again because nothing is permanent. So make as many mistakes as you can. That way, someday, when they ask again what we want to be… We won’t have to guess. We’ll know.”
Love it! My kids used to moan that they didn't know what to do but then I told them there is always time to change your mind. Very rarely these days are people at forty or fifty doing the same thing they were doing at twenty
ReplyDeleteThink too often kids are pushed into making decisions on what they want to do what with GCSEs, A level choices, now they are bringing in 14-16 diplomas where they are specializing early on a "career". I think it takes out the fear knowing its ok to make mistakes
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