Out of the nest and into the world

Plinky Prompt: To the Class of 2009 - a high school commencement speech.

This is the beginning of an amazing chapter in your life. From this moment on you get to define you. This is when you begin to write your own story. The next few years in your life will be a time of challenge, discovery, and exploration. You will find out who you are and what you are made. You will discover what you truly want for your life. You will fall, and get up again and again. You will find out who your friends are and realize that your parents were right about a lot more than you ever dreamed possible. You will be rewarded for your hard work and will you pay the consequences for your bad decisions. You will grow more now than you ever have. You are now working without a net. But don't let that stop you. Go out and try everything. Be open to new experiences. Fail spectacularly, then get up and try again. Start your bucket list NOW. This is the time to do all the things you have always wanted. Now while you are free, before life catches up with you. As you age your list will change, do as much as you can before you become practical. Your parents have done everything to give you roots, now is your time to spread your wings and fly. So today as you graduate you are being pushed out of the nest. Congratulations, and learn how to fly on the way down.