The following is the text of a speech I gave for the 2018 Opening Convocation at Alderson Broaddus.

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I was assured, several times, that I could make this speech about anything I wanted. A couple colleagues encouraged me to speak from the heart, and that advice felt right. My heart and my recent experiences bear out the following thesis: “Being lost” and its opposite, “being oriented,” are largely constructs we can choose to accept or ignore. Through the course of my fourth decade, I have come to embrace the latter, no matter the cost. Indeed, I have reaped real benefits from having done so, and I want to share what I’ve learned. Continue reading “Being Lost Is Sublime” →