Education
uplifts a man and bestows upon him a singular honor. With education, a man
becomes a new person who holds in his hands, not only his personal promising
future but the power and opportunity to make our world a better place for
everyone else. A person who is proud and confident of himself.
Ladies
and Gentlemen, a lovely afternoon.
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God
opens millions of flowers without forcing the buds, this reminds me that for a
thing to happen perfectly we must not force it. There is no shortcut or an easy
way in this life, to be successful, one must go through a hard process that
involves millions of problems along the way. To succeed, it is a must to milk
our moments, treat every events of our lives as a part of our learning
experiences. Indeed, whatever happens I truly believe God does what is best yet
He says that a perfect time has to come.
Yes!
A perfect time to face the truth, of accomplishment. A perfect time of
representing the years of ceaseless study and hard work. In a larger sense,
this very special day is not the culmination of the preparation for our
lifetime careers instead it is actually the beginning ---- the launching of our
purpose in life, very much like the launching of a new ship destined to sail
the turbulent and perilous seas.
Where
am I going? Such a question leaves me in quandary and proposes that there are
choices to be made. The direction I take must be in congruence with my life’s
perspective. But even this regard, I am uncertain. Life has been a struggle and
my strength lies in coping with it. Struggle is inherent in my existence and
should be overcome. Being dipped in reality produces anxiety although much is to
be expected. As life gradually unfolds, I deem EDUCATION as a bulwark. It had
led me to wider horizons and has given me the strength to face any struggle.
I
want to share a story to everyone. One night I unexpectedly browse a certain
thing and unnoticeably searched the name of someone who is closest to my heart.
I read about her description and I was challenged as I peruse these inspiring
words of hers: "A person who knows how to handle any responsibility will
surely attain the glory that life has to offer." That. That was her belief
during her college years. You may be wondering who is this woman I’m pertaining
to. That woman was no other than my mom, Elisa Fabia. From that very moment, my
urge to attain my dreams and my willingness to strive harder as I climb the
stepping stones to begin on my journey in my college life soar higher!
Life
changes when we least expect it to, this may sound cliché but it is true. The
future is uncertain for life is full of uncertainties. We will never know when
our life is up until it’s over. Life is what we make it. We can achieve
everything if we simply remain optimistic even in the darkest moments and
decisions are the hardest moves to make especially when it’s a choice between
where you should be and where you want to be – a philosophy that Divine Grace
repeatedly taught me. There enters my belief that wherever you go, go with all
your heart.
They
say there is a reason for everything that’s happening. Maybe that’s why I was
able to study on such school like Divine Grace which serves as my second home,
to our advisers whom we used to call “tatay”. It seems only yesterday when I
was a stranger introducing myself in front of my new classmates. It seems only
yesterday when people kept calling us ‘the worst class’. It seems only
yesterday when we became best of friends. It only seems yesterday when we were
together playing, singing, dancing, scolding and sleeping beside each other.
Worst, it seems only yesterday when we were having countdown for the days that
was left. Eventually, time really flies so fast that I didn’t even noticed that
we were wearing togas and make ups today. Depths of every seniors’ heart and
even soul, I doubt to disagree but really, we hardly accept that this isn’t
fantasy nor a nightmare anymore. With all the enjoyable tiring races,
i-almost-cried-practice presentations, the
i-still-have-this-hang-over-happenings and with those all out laughs! Ta-da!
Today is our very day— the GRADUATION.
Graduation,
Graduation, that's the reason why we are all gathered here today. There's a
good reason why they call these ceremonies as 'commencement exercises'.
Graduation is not the end, it is the beginning. It is really hard to digest the
fact that we will graduate this day but as a matter of fact all of these celebrations
and exercises are only tradition for the sake of formalities because the truth
is graduation is only a concept. In real life, we graduate every day, as the
day ends we also graduate and the next day is another opportunity to learn and
explore new things. Graduation is a process that goes on until our last breath
in this life. I remember one man saying
that the one who graduate today and stop learning tomorrow is uneducated the
day after, don’t you agree? It only means that we must not stop learning
because of graduation, every graduation we had only signifies how ready are we
to face another chapter of our lives, how the past chapter molded us to be a
greater person.
This
day would be my last day in High School. Soon I will go somewhere to continue
learning but before I leave I want to extend my dearest gratitude to many
people in DGMHS. First and foremost, Thank you Divine Grace for giving us the
opportunity to prove our own capabilities and talents. Thank you Ma’am Bel for
molding our potentials, teaching us to remain standing despite of obstacles in
life, to be dependent on ourselves and encouraging every one of us to pursue
our goals. Thank you Teacher Lester for the words of encouragement during our
failures, for letting us feel that grades don’t define a person but attitude
does. Your patience serves as your best gift to us! A gift beyond description.
And Thank You to everyone who one way or
another helped me in my stay in Divine Grace.
Above
all, I thank God for continually filling our spirits and hearts with wisdom and
truth.
Life
is a triple-lettered E. Yesterday is Experience. Today is experiment. Tomorrow
is expectations. Someday, I would be very glad seeing my fellow graduates to
become someone they want to be in the future. Graduates, may you use your
experience in your experiment to achieve your expectations.
When
we leave, we must not forget the reason why we came. We must learn to look
back. As I depart the institution that taught me variety of knowledge that will
help me through in this so called life I want to share one thing about Divine
Grace Montessori and High School. DGMHS is more than a school, it is a family,
it is LOVE.
I
am Lorie Mae Fabia Bautista, a certified Gracean, now signing off.
Address of the Salutatorian
Divine
Grace Montessori and Highschool
Graduate
of Batch 2012
30th
of March
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