The following statement is on the postsecret blog comments under the graduation story.
"Emily Elizabeth said...
Going out into the "real world" is a scary concept until it hits you (and it will!) that you are already living in the real world and always have been."
When I read this I completely agreed. There are people out in the world who do not realize they are already part of the world. I don't like how at graduations people always say you will be going forward into the "real world". I don't know about you but I have been living in the real world the whole time.
The moment you realize that the world isn't going to give you everything that you want, the moment you realize that things sometimes hurt so badly that you don't know if you can stand the pain, the moment you realize you love your mother and hope to be just like her even though it is not the "cool" thing to say or feel---you are living in the real world.
When you decide to be exactly who you are and love who and what you want to you are in the real world. There are times when what you feel, want, believe, think are considered naive or immature. The times when you can acknowledge the idea and find the correlation but still feel, want, believe, and think those things with hope that they will be true---you are living in the real world.
The "real world" isn't always pretty. It isn't always safe. It isn't always what you want or hope for it to be. Take your time getting to the "real world" if you can. And when you get there try to hold on to the ideals and passion of "your world" and find a way to survive the "real world".
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