As I am getting ready to start a new job, I was on the verge of writing my farewell message (something like this: Saying goodbye is sad and is lonely etc.), when my five-year-old son asked me to read Oh, the places you’ll go! by Dr. Seuss.
Sensing my apprehension for departures, this became my child’s way of telling me that everything will be ok. I believe everyone that is about to start a new adventure should read this fantastical poem.
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
Out there things can happen and frequently do
to people as brainy and footsy as you.
There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored.
There are games to be won.
Be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact and remember that
Life’s a Great Balancing Act.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.)
Kid, you’ll move mountains!
So…
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O’Shea
you’re off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So, get on your way!
Thank you, my work family, for the stupendous adventure that lasted 8 years!
This is Iulia signing off.
