May 14, 2010 Sand Point School Friday Flyer

Graduation Night – 7 p.m.

Congratulations to the Class of 2010!!!

A Message From The Principal

Today we are surrounded by hundreds of thousands of distractions, temptations, opportunities, and decisions about how and where we spend our time, our talents and our energies. One of the top three characteristics most required for success is self-discipline. Leaders can have other characteristics or traits in abundance, yet still fail miserably and ultimately if they lack self-discipline.

Self-discipline means first of all that you harness your thoughts. Whatever you focus on, you will become. Letting your thoughts be filled with random, unfiltered messages leaves you open to others’ programming, whether it be advertisers bombarding you with messages about their products or people whose agenda it is to get you to do what’s in their best interests, not necessarily your own. Consider your mind a precious kingdom or queendom and watch carefully which thoughts you let in the royal gate, knowing those thoughts will bring their friends and multiply.

Self-discipline often means doing the same thing over and over again with the knowledge eventually those little repeated actions will become habits leading to the desired goal.

Another form of self-discipline is controlling your tongue and your temper. “Loose lips sink ships” was a saying during World War II all military people and their families learned. It holds true today. Gossiping about others can gash holes in your own vessel. Letting loose a volley of angry words can never be taken back and has caused the end of many a career, marriage and friendship. Your tongue is like a rudder on a ship. Be sure wisdom is at the helm as you speak and thus you will successfully sail toward your destination.

So, graduates, throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

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