" On Our Graduation Night "

My dearest friends,

Tonight as we sit here warm and tight, it reminds me of the first time we sat together like this seven years ago. Most of us fresh from high school. And since then we have been through a lot together.

We have studied and we have nestled together.
We have worked and we have partied together.
We have dawned and we have dined together.
We have attended weddings and funerals together.
We have laughed and we have cried together.
In short, we have lived together.

We started out as kids and together we grew up into mature men and women.
And although many of us may have not noticed, we existed in each other's lives as classmates, as colleagues and above all, as friends.

And now that we stand together before the parting of the paths of our lives, I ask you all to stand up, take each other's hands, raise them high and let all witness this long lasting bond of friendship.
And may it go strong through happiness and grief, thunder and sunshine, bitter times and sweet ones.

And as we have taken an oath never to forget who we are meant to be and what we are meant to do as doctors, let us never forget who we were and what we went through as friends. And to stand by one another, like we have done before, wherever we are and whatever we are doing, come what may.

And I wish you all the best anyone can wish for his dearest friends.
And may your greatest wishes be granted and your highest dreams be fulfilled.
And may your lives be as prosperous as it gets.
And so be it.

Sincerely yours,
Ali Saqebi