This Is Water

Wow! An unusual commencement address that rises above the traditional platitudes typically found in these speeches. Wallace makes a powerful connection between what he sees as the real value of a liberal education, open-mindedness, and the well-known quote from Buddha that “We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” I was so impressed with this book that I read it aloud to my Daughter, Kelsey, the night before she entered the US Naval Academy