Here is a letter written to my nephew on his high school graduation. C ongratulations on your achievement. You are awarded a certificate for a mission well accomplished. This is your day to celebrate. The real celebration is that you have now jumped up one rung on the long, difficult ladder of life. Y et, your life so far and to come will be a bounty of achievements. Celebrate, enjoy, and remember these. This is important. Life will also deliver to you an assortment of failures, some from bad luck and others from bad judgment. Learn the difference. Learn from these, but do not allow them to dominate your pathway. Too many do so, causing their gradual defeat in the game of living. Y our memory is most important; after years it becomes what you are. It is your stamp of uniqueness. It is a personal warehouse of you - your experiences, your expertise, your achievements, your loves, and so much of everything you will have become. Cherish your memory, but c
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