17/10/2026
"๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐, ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ the ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐."
"๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐."
These inspiring lines from the song A Million Dreams remind us that every ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข๐ญ.
Every ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ begins with a decision to step forward, ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, and become part of something ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ. Our ๐๐๐ฉ๐-๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐, and ๐พ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐ฎ marks a meaningful milestone, especially for our first-year officerd, as we ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฎ as ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ of the ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐พ๐ก๐ช๐.
This ceremony is more than just receiving our ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐จ, ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐จ, and taking our ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐. It is a reminder of the ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ข๐๐จ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ we have ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐, and the ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ช๐จ. We understand that behind every ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, behind every ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐, and behind ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ, ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ, and find ways to make a ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ not only for ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐จ, but for ๐๐ก๐ก ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ.
As ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ, we know that ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฅ will not always be easy. There will be a ๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐๐จ to face, ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐๐ ๐, and moments when we will need ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐, and ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐๐. We believe that being a ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ง does not mean being ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ. It means being willing to ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ซ๐, ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ, and continue ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ฉ.
The ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐จ we wear symbolize the ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ช๐จ, while the ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ to become a ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ. Just as one candle can ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ก๐ค๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐, we hope to ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง, ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐จ, and help others ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก.
As we begin this ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฎ, may we always remember that the true measure of ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฅ is not how many people know our names, but how many people feel that ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ซ๐ค๐๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ.
Let us ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ช๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ, and ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ. May our plans become meaningful ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ, our ๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐๐จ become ๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ, and our differences become ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ to ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง.
๐๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง, let us create a club built on ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐๐, and ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐. May our ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฅ become a reflection of our ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ to the ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐พ๐ก๐ช๐ and every ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ we have the ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐.
As we take this step forward, may we carry our ๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐จ, ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ช๐จ. Because sometimes, ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐จ and ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ who are willing to turn those ๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ.
