Listen for the sound of the genuine within yourself and others. Meditate and learn to be alone without being lonely. There are so many noises and pulls and competing demands in our lives that many of us never find out who we are.
Remember your roots, your history, and the forebear's shoulders on which you stand. And pass these roots on to your children and to other children. Young people who do not know where they come from and the struggle it took to get them where they are now will not know where they are going or what to do if and when they get somewhere.
All children need this pride of heritage and sense of history of their own people and of all the people who make up this great nation. I have raised you, my children, to respect other people's children, to become yourselves at your best. I hope others will raise their children to respect you.
Always remember that you are never alone. There is nothing you can ever say or do that can take away my or God's love. Home remains as you go out to serve and conquer the world. And I always follow you wherever you go in spirit, in prayer, and in love. You are never alone.
