The Greatest Advice I Could Ever Give Anybody

It's that time of year... graduation time!  

A recent slideshow on CNBC.com entitled "The 10 Best Graduation Speeches of All Time," inspired me to write my own mock graduation speech.  

Please forward to your graduate!
 

The greatest advice I could ever give anybody:
 

God's mercies are new every morning and so should yours be.  Don't stay tethered to the past.  Keep moving forward, doing the best you can.  That's all life asks of us.  

Stay authentic and passionate... childlike, if you will.  Do this, and no matter what you do people will end up appreciating it.  God's best anointing through your life comes from you just being who you are.  

Listen.  Listen to God, listen to nature, listen to traffic, listen to your spouse, listen to your kids sing.  You'd be surprised how much you'll learn when you listen.  It brings a great appreciation to the mundane.  

Life doesn't suck.  A sucky attitude sucks.  

If you stop learning and growing in effect you have already died as a person.  

Don't settle for status quo.  The world needs world changers not robots.  Change is inevitable so deal with it and be on the forefront of it and your life will truly be remarkable.  

Chaos is sometimes a welcomed break from the norm.  

Don't be afraid to go all in; big risks equal big reward.  When you do, even if your heart gets smushed, broken, or pops out of your chest, it will always grow back stronger if you let it.

Grow internally.  Don't worry about external results and influence.  Go deeper and reach higher and the wider will come.

Money isn't as important as love.

In all things try to have fun.  Be nice to people, everything eventually comes around.

Above all:  Know God.  He really does love you and want the best for you.  Don't wait to go to heaven, experience heaven now.  Don't just pray, be an answer to prayer.

In all things, keep going!  Perseverance is life's vehicle.

In life, you will have many graduations.  The irony is, as soon as you figure something out, you must graduate to something new.  

With love and a deep yearning to see you come alive and be everything God created you to be, I hereby have the pleasure and honor of introducing you to the next step on your journey...

Be blessed; now and eternally!

Your Big Brother,

Matt