Forever oscillate between dissatisfaction and gratitude
00:00:00.000 | And the final piece of advice, I love that picture, okay,
00:00:05.000 | is to look up to the stars
00:00:06.880 | and appreciate every single moment you're alive
00:00:10.400 | at the mystery of this world, at the beauty of this world.
00:00:14.120 | Again, this is my perspective, take it with a grain of salt,
00:00:19.120 | but I advise to forever oscillate
00:00:21.240 | between deep profound doubt and self-dissatisfaction
00:00:26.900 | and the deep gratitude for the moment,
00:00:30.360 | for just being alive, for all the people around you
00:00:33.840 | that give you their love,
00:00:35.200 | with whom you get to share those moments,
00:00:37.280 | you share the love.
00:00:38.240 | A poem by Stephen Crane
00:00:40.840 | that I especially like in the desert.
00:00:42.740 | In the desert, I saw a creature, a naked bestial,
00:00:47.020 | who squatting upon the ground,
00:00:48.520 | held his heart in his hands and ate of it.
00:00:50.760 | I said, "Is it good, friend?
00:00:55.680 | It is bitter, bitter," he answered.
00:00:58.920 | "But I like it because it is bitter
00:01:02.360 | and because it is my heart."
00:01:04.040 | So I would say the bitter is the self-dissatisfaction,
00:01:09.080 | that's the restless energy that drives us forward.
00:01:12.060 | And then enjoying that bitterness and enjoying the moment
00:01:17.360 | and enjoying the sweetness that comes from
00:01:20.520 | eating your own heart in this poem
00:01:25.560 | is a thing that makes life worthwhile.
00:01:30.560 | And that is, to me, happiness.
00:01:35.460 | So with those silly few pieces of advice,
00:01:40.900 | I'd like to continue on the gratitude and say thank you.
00:01:45.120 | Thank you to my advisor.
00:01:48.400 | Thank you to this university
00:01:50.780 | for giving me a helping hand, there you go.
00:01:54.640 | And thank you to my family
00:01:56.360 | and all the friends that I've had along the way.
00:01:59.080 | Thank you for their love.
00:02:00.160 | I appreciate it.
00:02:01.000 | (audience applauding)