Here is the Speech I gave at my Middle School’s 8th grade “Moving Up” ceremony.  It is all about perspective – and how easy it is to change it.

I cannot keep count of the number of times that people have approached me, or my wife Samantha, and commented on our “strength”.  People tell us over and over that what we have done in the wake of our tragic loss is something they themselves could never do given the same situation.   My usual response after that comment is “Perspective is a funny thing and you never know what you are capable of until you are in a situation in which you cannot possibly imagine yourself in.”  The idea of perspective is something I already wrote about a couple weeks ago, and it was the main idea of the commencement speech I gave on June 21st to my Middle School’s graduating 8th grade class.  After I gave the speech countless parents, colleagues, former students and current students sought me out to tell me that I inspire them and that they … Read More