๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญย ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐. ๐๐จ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ง.
Why would I wish you misfortune? ๐ Because lifeโs toughest blows are what mold our character and give us the resilience we truly need to face lifeโs inevitable challenges.
This speech flips traditional well-wishes on their head, celebrating not success handed on a silver platter but resilience forged through failure, humility learned from setbacks, and empathy born from hardship.
Each struggle such as loneliness, injustice, and even gloating opponents becomes a lesson in strength and wisdom. Itโs a powerful reminder to embrace lifeโs missteps as unexpected guides, shaping you into someone who deeply understands justice, loyalty, and compassion:
“And as far as the confidence goes, I think you will appreciate that it is not because you succeeded at everything you did, but because with the help of your friends ๐ค you are not afraid to fail. And if you did fail, you got up and tried again ๐ช. And if you failed again, you got up and tried again. And if you fail again, it might be time to think about doing something else ๐.
It was not just success ๐, but not being afraid to fail, that brought you to this point.
Now the Commencement speakers will typically also wish you good luck ๐ and extend good wishes to you.
I will not ๐ซ do that, and I’ll tell you why:
From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly so that you will come to know the value of justice. โ๏ธ
I hope that you will suffer betrayal ๐ค, because that will teach you the importance of loyalty.
Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely ๐ from time to time so that you don’t take friends for granted ๐ค.
I wish you bad luck ๐ฒ again from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.
And when you lose as you will from time to time, I hope every now and then your opponent will gloat over your failure ๐ฅ. It is a way for you to understand the importance of sportsmanship.
I hope you’ll be ignored ๐ so you know the importance of listening to others.
And I hope you will have just enough pain ๐ to learn compassion โค๏ธ.
Whether I wish these things or not, they’re going to happen, and whether you benefit from them or not will depend upon your ability to see the message in your misfortunes ๐.”
