Gratitude for What Was and What Will Be - Maureen's Farewell Message

随着本学年的结束，我作为帕洛阿尔托大学校长的任期也将结束。 为这个社区服务是我一生中最大的荣誉之一，我想对你们每一个人表示衷心的感谢，感谢你们的信任，你们的伙伴关系，以及你们对PAU使命和彼此的坚定承诺。

在今年的毕业典礼上，我有幸提出了一些关于领导力的思考，这些思考是我在PAU的经历形成的。 我分享了可持续变化是如何通过信任和合作建立起来的关系和增量。 我谈到领导力是一种指导和教学形式，其基础是认识到他人的全部人性。 我强调有必要扩大我们对成功的定义，以真正尊重不同的道路和观点。 我肯定，最好的领导力是价值观驱动的：每天都有机会使决策与信念和正义保持一致。

离开如此有意义的事情是很难的，但我对PAU的未来充满信心。 这是一个充满同情、才华和目标的社区，我很高兴看到在法鲁克·戴伊博士的领导下，你们所有人的未来。

作为离别礼物，我将在毕业典礼上与你们分享的一首诗留给你们，这首诗优美地表达了新开始的勇气和优雅，我们的毕业生即将开始，就像我一样。 愿它陪伴你继续成长、领导和梦想。

约翰·奥多诺休的《为了新的开始
从 祝福我们之间的空间

In out of the way places of the heart
Where your thoughts never think to wander
This beginning has been quietly forming
Waiting until you were ready to emerge.

For a long time it has watched your desire
Feeling the emptiness grow inside you
Noticing how you willed yourself on
Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.

It watched you play with the seduction of safety
And the grey promises that sameness whispered
Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent
Wondered would you always live like this.

Then the delight, when your courage kindled,
And out you stepped onto new ground,
Your eyes young again with energy and dream
A path of plenitude opening before you.

Though your destination is not clear
You can trust the promise of this opening
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
That is one with your life’s desire.

Awaken your spirit to adventure
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm
For your soul senses the world that awaits you.

怀着感激和关怀，

莫林·奥康纳总统