Today is a good day. Today is a day to sit back and reflect on what you have accomplished in such a short time. You are on your way to what I believe will be an interesting and unique life. Don't think for a minute that just because you are degreed that you are now special or above the law or entitled to anything more than the next person. What you have is hopefully a little more knowledge in something you find fascinating or at least interesting. This in turn can possibly help move you forward towards a life that can make you happy because you chose this path.
To help you in your path, we give you the Holy Bible. It is not meant as the solution for all of life's problems. Honestly, I am atheist as you probably already know, but I still think it is an important literary source. There are many interesting stories to reflect from and just think about. I think it can be appreciated as a good set of stories from the eyes of a scholar, which I take you to be, specially with your degree. At worst, if you claim to hate it, and you are already a true atheist, read into it. We should never hate something without having knowledge of it. There is no worse crime than ignorance on this planet. Too many people are easily influenced one way or another because they insist on being void of knowledge and that to me is a sad position to fight from. Your best version will always be the one that loads up on as much learning as you can from as many sources as you can, then what comes from you can only be the truth as you see it. On the other hand, if you are a believer, well this is a beautiful version, wrapped in leather and small enough to take anywhere.
I heard you were thinking or wanting to teach as a professor. That is a noble and very reachable goal. Right now that you are young, stay in school, one day you will realize these are the greatest days you ever lived. I always thought it was a magical time being in my early 20's, living away from home. I never even thought about the fact that I was always broke, it wasn't as important as being in that community of like minded people sharing ideas and growing together into adults.
I can't think of anything else to say other than as a representative of your family in Austin, I want to say we are all proud of you and we love you. We went ahead and added a $50 Mastercard gift card in case the Bible is too much sermon, not enough fun at this stage of your life. Keep the bible though, it is a nice one wrapped in leather and meant for a young man, according to the cover. It somehow explores thoughts and ideas men have and answers them through scripture.
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