There will be many choices before you, some of which you’ll welcome and celebrate, and then there will be some over which you will anguish. Some choices will choose you.
A Buddhist saying, which I think captures perfectly the idea that life is a series of opportunities arising out of unforeseen circumstances: Unceasing change turns the wheel of life, and so reality is shown in all its many forms.
John Lennon wrote a line that I’m sure has been used in many commencement addresses. Life is what happens to you while you’re making other plans.” … There is really no way of knowing where your life’s journey will take you.
