Dear _____,

Re-reading Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet,” I feel inspired to write this letter to you on the occasion of your law school graduation. True, I’m no Rilke, but it’s the thought that counts, isn’t it? While this letter is directed to you, I hope that its messaging resonates with other readers, and perhaps inspires them to write their own letters to graduates or to new lawyers. We obsess about an eclipse over which we have zero control, but spend too little time (if any) on matters over which we exercise 100% control. This letter resulted.