"It worked out for me. It will work out for you"

On May 20, 2017 I had the rare privilege, for me at least, of giving an important speech to an audience of critical thinkers, that is, young people less than 24 hours away from officially becoming graduates of my alma mater, Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. 

I was deeply moved to be asked to be the baccalaureate ceremony speaker. So much emotion, so many memories.  I've been a part of the Dickinson family for a very long time. 

The speech made me ask myself: what would I want to hear from a speaker on the weekend in which I crossed from college undergraduate to graduate? The answer came fairly readily: you can never wrong with a message of hope. Read on for a transcript. ​​

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