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I was listening to Public Radio today and they had a piece on James Garfield (Former President of USA). It seems he gave a commencement speech at a College while he was still a candidate for President.
The Speech was totally different than most commencement speeches. Instead of cheering the young graduates on to pursue success and work hard, he did the opposite. He told the graduates that even if they succeeded and achieved their dream job, the dream husband, children, home, they would mostly cherish their leisure time. The more they succeeded the less leisure time they would have.
Hence the irony of life, we all strive to be successful, yet the more success we have, the less leisure time to enjoy it. Have we the ER's found the Holy Grail? - I think so!
I searched Google for about 20 minutes to find this speech to no avail. If anyone can find this speech, I'd like to read it. A lot of wisdom, I think!
The Speech was totally different than most commencement speeches. Instead of cheering the young graduates on to pursue success and work hard, he did the opposite. He told the graduates that even if they succeeded and achieved their dream job, the dream husband, children, home, they would mostly cherish their leisure time. The more they succeeded the less leisure time they would have.
Hence the irony of life, we all strive to be successful, yet the more success we have, the less leisure time to enjoy it. Have we the ER's found the Holy Grail? - I think so!
I searched Google for about 20 minutes to find this speech to no avail. If anyone can find this speech, I'd like to read it. A lot of wisdom, I think!