From: Eugene Lacson Camillo
Graduation is a momentous occasion that deserves a congratulatory message that fits the occasion. Graduation messages can be difficult to write, especially knowing what to write after the "congratulations" part.
After four long years of hardship, of burning the midnight oil, examinations, themes, experiments, term papers and reports, comes the day you have been longing for--Graduation Day. It marks the end of high school and you go to it with mixed feelings---relief, sadness, happiness, anticipation, hope....
For it's not really not the end but the beginning of a new world for graduates. As our hero Dr. Jose Rizal had said, "Go forth and then the sacred fire of thy genius to the laurel may aspire to spread around the fame and in victory acclaim through wider spheres the human name." Dr. Rizal believed that knowledge brought power and that progress was possible only through enlightenment. He himself set the example by pursuing his studies with diligence, making use of every opportunity to absorb all the knowledge he deemed useful to him and his fellowmen. As you pass out of your high school and college days you will become different men and women, the equal of elders in taking the responsibilities of life. With youth and freshness you can fashion your future according to your heart's desire. The degree of your success will depend much on yourselves--your vision, courage and faith, and will to do and dare. Youth has a challenge. You have the task to shape new men and women out of yourselves. Graduation day has greater significance than the triumph over difficulties---it gives a new born awareness of the magnitude of the work before you. You have learned many lessons from the trials of the past. Let these guide you now in the intellectual pilgrimage that lies ahead.
Strengthen yourselves with virtues that will enable you to achieve your goals. Try to cultivate patience, industry, devotion to duty, honesty, faith and hope--with such weapons you cannot fail. As you march forward into a new and uncertain world, carry with you the teachings and knowledge you have acquired from your Alma Mater. In the furtherance of your education and the pursuit of your chosen careers, always have self-determination for the path is not rosy but thorny, and only those who are brave, determined, and godly survive and succeed.
Who is calling the signals of your life? Do you realize that your mind is the only thing in this world that you can totally control? Master it. Don't submit your mind, which is God-given and fantastic in its possibilities, to any human being. Don't let doubts, criticisms, failures make you afraid. Persist every day, and you will achieve.
In the Bible we read "Keep on asking and the gift will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking and the door will open to you." That's it. If you keep on asking, keep on seeking, keep on knocking, you will surely reach your goal.
Passing the Torch…the Flame….
Every year at this time, we pass the torch…we go through this magic time of graduation, commencement. Mothers and Fathers, passing the torch of their lives and their clever love for their daughters and sons…through and beyond the present time into the future.
We assemble in lines, in cap and gown, with music and tradition. Audiences are in awe, in shock, at the edge of laughter and crying…all in one.
In MQAPCs case, we are proud of all our students. Daughters and sons who have somehow miraculously and minutely chosen this place, this school, this institution MQAPC to make this magnificent moment. We are proud of parents who made this possible through their love and hanging in of the students who guided their ship this way.
Fact is, this is not all about just this beautiful day, the colors, the waves, the music. This is about life moving from parents to daughters and sons and to their love for the next generation.
MQAPC is proud to be of Meycauayan, a progressive, emerging city. . This place will be better because you all were here and made us your home. It is about you. Your destiny is to make the planet better. The bridge between nations is education…it is culture and art. It is the pathway to peace and a better world.
The torch is light, life, heat, heart, passion. It is this day passed on. It forever burns bright.
God Bless You All!!!
from the bottom of my heart "CONGRATULATIONS"..
THIS IS Eugene Lacson Camillo...
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