Graduation Speech: Despicable Me And Inception

As a key-note speaker of my fifth grade graduating class, it wouldn’t take a whole lot for my younger self to say that I was ‘pretty much a big deal’. I had straight As, starred in the fifth grade musical, and was involved in nearly every club that Prairie View Elementary had to offer. The year ended with a bang, and I was honored to have spoken about it. There was an immense amount of disappointment, but excitement all in one year: Simon Cowell left American Idol and broke my heart, Despicable Me and Inception (two of my favorite movies then and now) were released, and so much more. At the time these events occurred, my grandparents, who we call Baba and Dzedo, were visiting for a few weeks as they always do during the springtime. Due to the …show more content…
There is no true meaning to life. Life has no meaning. Us, as people, bring meaning to life - and sometimes, other people help inspire that meaning for us. I’m not sure who said it, I just know that my grandfather relayed this quote back to me about a year and a half ago, a month or two before he passed: “The meaning of life is just to live, do what you love, and live for yourself. If you can help others along the way, well, consider yourself lucky. I would love to be one to change someone’s life for the better. I would love to love someone so deeply that I left permanent imprints on their soul”. Though that is not verbatim, it was said something along those lines. And looking back, I could cry (as I am while writing) thinking about how much he truly lived. Through his influence, and his pure passion for music and literature, he has changed my life for the better and inspired me to be the best version of me. And for that, I am forever thankful for him. Without a doubt, my Dzedo was the best mentor I could have ever asked for.. even though I didn’t have to ask in order to