Graduation
Michael Kroth • May 14, 2020
Congratulations to our graduates (and to all graduates...)
We were asked if we (University of Idaho, College of Education, Health and Human Sciences faculty), would like to share our congratulations to our graduating students (see everyone's responses here). It was a cool exercise. Commencement is perhaps my favorite activity of the year, because it celebrates success and achievement, lifts up dreams and possibility, and is ritual which honors what we in higher education are called to do. So I was saddened when we could not celebrate together as a community.
We can celebrate anyway, just not physically together in the same place. Anyway, I was glad to have the opportunity to put my (two minutes or less) congratulations in as well.
Most of all, she is crazy about her brood. She smiles more when she’s with them. Laughs more. Enjoys more. Relaxes more. Has more fun. She just loves her family.
“…there must be millions of aging males, now slipping into their anecdotage…” ~E.B. White 1
Author's Note: I originally posted this in the Profound Bartender on April 8, 2018, and then reposted it here at Profound Living on April 25, 2018. I thought it might be a good time to repost it again.
Author's Note: This is a repost of an essay I published in 2018. I thought it was a timely topic to revisit.
“In Celtic wisdom we remember that our soul, the very heart of our being, is sacred. What is deepest in us is of God. ” ~John Philip Newell 1
We may be lights under bushels, but we can shine brightly against the dark even if we are mere candles. Together, the light may shine bright.
Silence speaks to us Listening in deep quiet… Hear what you long for! ~Patricia Leyko Connelly 1
"Elegance is the harmonious integration of simplicity, refinement, and intentionality across diverse contexts, combining timeless beauty with functional sophistication." ~ChatGPT Synthesized Definition
