A C H A P E L TA L K
by Stephen Hill ’80, Trustee April 21, 2017
Reason to Rhyme Listen to this chapel talk at www.groton.org/hillchapeltalk.
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ometimes, you’ve got no idea how you’re gonna do it. Can’t fathom how you’re about to get through it. But at the heart of the start of any bizarre journey far You’ve got to say au revoir to the comfort of who you are And challenge yourself to raise your bar. OK I’m in now. I gotta swim now. Treading this verbal water Whether I shouldn’t or oughta; Paddling madly so as to not drown in the sound of a misplaced verb or noun. I’ve got this determination to make this alliteration one for the generations. Today’s chapel talk? It’s Board of Trustees time. Trusting you won’t be bored with this trustee’s lines That I’m hoping will inspire and lift you higher With my back to the choir Start your day on fire . . . Like the bon of St. Mark’s. I want this chapel talk to throw off sparks And be the pilot light that might ignite a tight insight. Is that alright? So by the time we get to the very end, We’ll see if I’m Abel . . . like my friend the Weeknd. 1 I want to tell you what happened . . . Perhaps you’re laughin’ at this rappin’; I’d be saddened if you were nappin’ Like I sometimes did as a student in the very back rowwww. But then I’d get waken up by Mr. Choate2 And told to goooo /along the road/ straight to my desk at the call of roll.
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