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Speaker 1: Well, our girl, actress Taraji p Henson will be this

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Speaker 1: year's commencement speaker at Spelman College's graduation ceremony. Sevelman's interim president,

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Speaker 1: Rosalind Brewer, said in part that Taraji's brilliance on screen

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Speaker 1: is matched by her commitment to advocacy and empowerment.

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Speaker 2: Most president of Spelman.

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Speaker 1: Rosalind Rosalind Brewer Brewer, Roslyn Brewer, Uh huh, yeah, she's

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Speaker 1: the interim president. Yes at Spelman, only know one ros Bruer. Okay,

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Speaker 1: all right, Well, Miss Brewer said that Taraji's brilliance on

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Speaker 1: screen is matched by her commitment to advocacy and empowerment,

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Speaker 1: making her a powerful role model for our graduating students

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Speaker 1: as they prepare to step into the world and lead

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Speaker 1: in their own extraordinary ways. So, Steve, you've been a

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Speaker 1: guest speaker at a few graduation ceremonies and uh, we're

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Speaker 1: living in some very trying times. So what advice would

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Speaker 1: you give to a class of twenty twenty five graduate?

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Speaker 2: I mean it's simple for me, as follow your dreams

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Speaker 2: because that's the eventual, that's eventually the thing that will

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Speaker 2: make you thirst and chase the best. Now you can

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Speaker 2: go get a job, but I suggest if you're going

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Speaker 2: and get a job, then have your job bankroll your

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Speaker 2: dreams because listen to me, if life becomes worth it

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Speaker 2: when you are chasing what you were born to do.

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Speaker 2: And that's not always the case with your particular degree,

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Speaker 2: as most people find out. But now you are, by

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Speaker 2: sitting in this room today, you have proven something that

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Speaker 2: you are capable of completing very difficult tasks, and you

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Speaker 2: have the ability to see it through and you are

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Speaker 2: an amazing person on recall, recalling, of information testing all

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Speaker 2: of that. So take all those jewels and positive points

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Speaker 2: that you've developed over the years and applied to your life,

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Speaker 2: because real life starts after graduation. You go get out

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Speaker 2: this bubble of the campus life. You go get out

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Speaker 2: the bubble of being a college student. Afterwards, life really

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Speaker 2: begins and you've got to be ready for that. And

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Speaker 2: when real life really begins, chase your dreams. That's my

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Speaker 2: message to everybody. And that's why I've never been invited

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Speaker 2: back twice. Really, anybody has me to come back down

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Speaker 2: here again. Because educators are funny people, especially doctors and stuff,

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Speaker 2: because they play so much emphasis on education and the

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Speaker 2: importance of education, and it is if you want to

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Speaker 2: be a teacher, doctor Dennis lawyer, absolutely, But if you're

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Speaker 2: not that person, what do you have? And you have

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Speaker 2: your dreams and your visions And you know, I say that,

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Speaker 2: which means a lot to the students. And I can't

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Speaker 2: tell you how many students have came up to me afterwards,

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Speaker 2: years later and thank you. But the PhD is sitting

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Speaker 2: behind me with them castles on their head, with them

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Speaker 2: bars on their robes. They're not filling me.

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Speaker 1: Oh wow, you're listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.