I think you may appreciate that it was because of the support of your classmates in the classroom,on the athletic field,and in the dorms.And as far as the confidence goes,I think you will appreciate that is not because succeeded at everything you did,but beceuse,with the help of your friends,you were not afraid to fail.And if you did fail,you got up and tried again.And if you failed again,you got up and tried again.And if you failed again,it might be time to think about doing something else.But it was not just success,but not being afraid to fail that brought you to this point.

Now the commencement speakers will typically also wish you good luck and extend good wishes to you.I will not do that and I will tell you why.

From time to time in the years to come,I hope you will be treated unfairly.So that you will come to know the value of justice.I hope you will suffer betrayal because that will teach you the importance of loyalty.Sorry to say,but I hope you will be lonely from time to time so that you don't take friends for granted.I wish you bad luck again,so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life.And understand that your success is not completely deserved.And that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.And when you lose,as you will from time to time,I hope every now and then your opponent will gloat over your failure.It is a way for you to understand the importance of sportsmanship.I hope you will be ignored so you know the importance of listening to others.And I hope you will have just enough pain to learn compassion.

Whether I wish these things or not,they are going to happen.And whether you benefit from them or not will depend upon your ability to see the message in your misfortunes.