Today one of my Facebook friends posted a short excerpt of J.K. Rowling’s commencement address at Harvard University in 2008.
I found the excerpt so moving that I immediately watched the whole speech on youtube!
In 2008, this speech quickly became the most-viewed commencement address on Harvard University’s website.
In 2015, the speech was transformed into a gift book entitled Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination.
Sales of this book will benefit Lumos, a non-profit international organization founded by J.K. Rowling, which works to end the institutionalization of children around the world. It will also benefit university-wide financial aid at Harvard University.
I highly recommend watching the entire 2008 Harvard University commencement address.
You can watch the excerpt here.