When You Get There …

…Remember Where You Came From

I had the honor of giving a commencement address to the graduating class of 2018 the other night. In a small town, it's fun to talk about the value of coming from a small town ... and remembering where you came from.

I talked about how Jimmy Buffett once talked about how he has found some great inspiration for songs via graffiti on bathroom walls. I have no idea if that's . truism, but I recently saw a little sing in a diner in Howard City that said, "When you get there, remember where you came from."

That's how I concluded the speech. I talked about how everyone in the crowd will always be there for the graduates, and how Dr. Seuss might have inspired them with Oh, The Place's You'll Go, but "when you get there, remember where you came from."