I will walk the earth.
Things that make my heart flutter* and soar.
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Tomorrow, in a very real sense, your life — the life you author from scratch on your own — begins.
How will you use your gifts? What choices will you make?
Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions?
Will you follow dogma, or will you be original?
Will you choose a life of ease, or a life of service and adventure?
Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions?
Will you bluff it out when you’re wrong, or will you apologize?
Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you fall in love?
Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling?
When it’s tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless?
Will you be a cynic, or will you be a builder?
Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?
I will hazard a prediction. When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices. Build yourself a great story. Thank you and good luck!
“We are What We Choose”
Remarks by Jeff Bezos, as delivered to the Class of 2010
Baccalaureate
May 30, 2010
Remarks by Jeff Bezos, as delivered to the Class of 2010
Baccalaureate
May 30, 2010
On Being a Christian (Romans 12) →
- Never pride yourself on being better than you really are.
- Think of yourself dispassionately.
- When you give, you should give generously.
- If you are put in charge, you must be conscientious.
- If you do works of mercy, let it be because you enjoy doing them.
- Love without any pretense.
- Avoid what is evil; stick to what is good.
- Let your feelings of deep affection for one another come to expression.
- Regard others as more important than yourself.
- In the service of the Lord, work not half-heartedly but with conscientiousness and an eager spirit.
- Be joyful.
- Persevere in hardship.
- Keep praying regularly.
- Share with any of God’s holy people who are in need.
- Look for opportunities to be hospitable.
- Bless your persecutors; never curse them, bless them.
- Rejoice with others when they rejoice.
- Be sad with those in sorrow.
- Give the same consideration to all.
- Pay no regard to social standing.
- Meet humble people on their own terms.
- Do not congratulate yourself on your own wisdom.
- Never pay back evil with evil.
- To the utmost of your ability, be at peace with everyone.
- Never try to get revenge.
- If your enemy is hungry, give him something to eat; if thirsty, something to drink.
- Do not be mastered by evil, but master evil with good.
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