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I received the following message after graduating from Webster University this year. I’ve published it here to share its wisdom.
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Benjamin Akande, Ph.D. wrote:
I would like to share my Undergraduate Commencement address with you.
Lessons from Humpty
Delivered at the School of Business and Technology
Commencement Exercise
May 10, 2008Dean Benjamin Ola. Akande
AS A CHILD GROWING UP IN AFRICA, I WAS RAISED AND NURTURED WITH NURSERY RHYMES. SOME OF THESE RHYMES WERE MADE UP BY MY PARENTS, WHILE OTHERS WERE UNIVERSAL IN POPULARITY, BUT THERE WAS ONE RHYME THAT STAYED WITH ME ALL MY LIFE. IT’S A STORY OF ONE PERSON’S RISK, ENDURANCE AND PERSEVERANCE. IT’S THE STORY OF HUMPTY DUMPTY, THE ANTHROPOMORPHIC EGG WHO TRIED TO DEFY THE ODDS. ALL OF US CAN RECALL THE RHYME – HUMPTY DUMPTY SAT ON A WALL. HUMPTY DUMPTY HAD A GREAT FALL. ALL THE KING’S HORSES AND ALL THE KING’S MEN COULDN’T PUT HUMPTY DUMPTY TOGETHER AGAIN.