…I graduated high school.  It was literally the best day of my teenage life!

I had many great friends during high school, and I still keep in touch with many of them.  But, I was not a fan of high school.  The division of the classes (and I’m not talking freshman, sophomore, etc) was rampant in my school.  The cliques were terrible.   You always hear people say “this is the best time of your life” to kids in high school – HA!  I’ll tell you – college was much better than high school for me, and as I’ve gotten older, my life has gotten better and better.

If I could give a speech to high school kids today – I’d tell them to build upon the relationships of high school but to not limit themselves only to those people.  There are many people in this world that can enrich your life, get out into the world, make your own way, be your own person, forge your own way.

I would end this speech with the following good advice:  “Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.”