Post-graduation life can be terrifying. There's a lot of uncertainty brewing, and in combination with panic of becoming an adult, graduation can seem more like a punishment rather than an accomplishment. But there's no need to fear this next step. Graduation is an accomplishment, and although you may be worried about all the change that's going to happen, I promise you that it'll be okay. Here's fifteen quotes to help ease your anxious mind:
1. "I am still far from being what I want to be." - Vincent van Goh
2. "The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away." - William Shakespeare
3. "Worrying means you suffer twice." - Newt Scamander
4. "Just because my path is different, doesn't mean I'm lost." - Gerard Abrams
5. "Don't give up now. Chances are your best kiss, your hardest laugh, and your greatest day are still yet to come." - Unknown
6. "I am still learning." - Michelangelo
7. "In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety." - Abraham Maslow
8. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
9. "What's coming will come, and we'll meet it when it does." - Hagrid.
10. "For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over." - F. Scott FitzGerald.
11. "Darling, self discovery isn't always about the most convenient ways. You'll have to burn, learn and yearn the expected, the unusual and the unknown." -Noor Unnahar
12. "Sometimes, I am the mess. Sometimes, I am the broom. On the hardest days, I have to be both." - Rudy Francisco.
13. "The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it." - Unknown.
14. "Wherever you go, go with all your heart." - Confucius
15. "There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind." - C.S. Lewis
Congrats on graduating, Class of 2017. You did it! Now take the future in stride; it's yours to create.