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Hopeful futures and Joyful Celebrations 🎉.
University graduation ceremonies, interviews with graduates and postgraduates have been uplifting! Proud parent posts are heart-warming!
And to come – there are exam results days looming for many teenagers. There will be much joy again 😊.
Whether receiving good news or initial disappointments all young adults will face uncertainties and choices to be made now or further along. Us ‘Oldies’ remember our own experiences in our teens and twenties and our experiences second time round as parents.
The ‘what would you have told your younger self?’ question is often posed.
Around this time 5 years ago with plenty of time for reflection I wrote a verse about perspectives in life. I had been thinking about my ‘own journey’. I was also becoming concerned about how young adults’ lives were being affected by the covid pandemic, associated restrictions, and lockdowns. Life might not be going to plan for many of them. I sent my verse to post-grad and undergrads I had been a mentor to. They liked it and said it was helpful! I published the verse back then on my website.
‘CHANCE, CHOICE AND DEFINING MOMENTS ©’ It seems a good time to share it again (click here)
I am thinking of all those embarking on courses or just starting their careers, also their families.
I hope you can spare a minute to read the verse and that you like it.
It’s about keeping life in perspective, taking things seriously but not worrying too much.
by Dr Julie Charlesworth 24/7/25