I lay in wake haunted by the visuals of one of the proudest moments of my life. A week has already gone by and I can not believe that I still have those pictures in my mind. I had not given it much thought or even taken the time to plan the day and hope it turned out like I had imagined. Very often people will plan this day to the last detail but I was not able to do that or may be my busy life just will not allow me to do so. I am glad however, as I was completely taken by surprise of how it turned out. In actual fact, I was blown away.
"The atmosphere was so euphoric", so say Ms Thobakgale a friend and former classmate who by the way looked as fashionable as usual on the day and I couldn't agree more. I had always thought people just make a fuzz about graduations to make it seem so much of a warranted excitement until I experienced it for myself. The smiles on the faces of parents, the joy of fellow alumni, the voices of the choir, uncoordinated dance moves of graduates, a cheer from over 3000 audience you feel almost like a celebrity...only this time you are being cheered for by fans who before this day had never known your name but find you deserving of using their last bit of energy to scream and applaud you for your achievement.
The moment is so special. If anyone ever wondered if there could ever be a perfect moment in life, a graduation ceremony could never come close enough. The moment is just priceless. The moment is so priceless that one can even afford to pardon a Professor who delivered a paper he wrote on 'Drugs and the Rastafarian', a topic which most people will agree with me had nothing to do with this day. It is a moment where you can proudly say you have accomplished something great without a doubt.
The thing I realized about graduation is that it gets you motivated and gives you this natural boost of confidence anything is attainable in life. As I sat in my seat observing proceedings, with my hat on, and my graduation "belt" over my shoulder I began to draw deep down from my memory what it took for me and my fellow classmates to obtain the Bcompt degree...the good grades in earlier years of varsity, all the way to the final year where even a 50% deserved a round of applauds. As we learned about booms and recessions, we had our own fair share of volatility...only this time it was not in the form of market volatility but rather 'marks volatility' and emotional fluctuations from happy happy...to stressed...and to happy again when the degree was in the bag and we could safely say the 'We are graduates'!
This makes one think of their goals and targets...however high they may be, to believe and feel a sense of POSSIBILITY!
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