Commencement

There have been a lot of school graduations, called "commencements" in the past two months.  Though it is celebrated as the end of something, one's school career, it is called commencement.  Curious.  To commence something is to begin, not to end.  Graduation is a transition from studies to career, action in the world, hopefully to make the world a better place for your work in it.  Or you commence to the next level of education, but eventually to a career.  Unfortunately, at the end of "higher" education, all that is higher is debt.  No job, much less a career.  I have found that anything worthwhile that I seek to commence has some hills and valleys.  It is never a smooth road.  But most often that is part of what makes the journey worthwhile and worth the effort.