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Farewell Speech

Alfred de Musset once said, "The return makes one love the separation."
Honourable Chairman, worthy director, valued guests, the galaxy of intellectuals, my dear scholars, A very Good Morning to you all.

Today, when we are parting away from you, a huge number of flashbacks come to my mind. I remind how I used to weep and cry my heart out when I left my friends and mentors. Today, a same feeling and atmosphere is found here in this piece of the world. But, my dear audience, there are a number of aspects that need to be touched and pondered upon. Dear students, who are leaving this seat of learning and their juniors, need to understand one important aspect and that is if we don't part from each other, how can we meet again. Parting and meeting is the story of life. Nothing remains as such forever. Change is the only thing constant. It continuously happens in one form or the other.  So friends, don't stop, don't settle, never back down, keep moving.

Today, I will share with you a story of a fish called as Solomon. You know, this fish takes birth in fresh water, either in a river or a stream. It lives here for nearly two years. Then it goes into the oceans and lives its entire life of seven or eight years there. But, when it lives its life , just before its death, it returns to freshwater; not only to fresh water but to that particular stream or river in which it had taken its birth. Astonishingly, it returns to the exact place where it had begun its struggle of life. Isn't this wonderful. But, my dear students, this is not just a simple piece of information. It reminds us a lot. It reminds us about what we call memory and what we call obedience. This fish returns to die there. It pays a kind of homage, a kind of honour to that place which had made it capable of standing on its own and taught her to live. This fish doesn't forget its past.

So, dear friends, tomorrow, In Sha Allah, we may be officers, we may be administrators, teachers, business persons, we may be religious scholars; don't forget your past, don't forget the people behind your success, don't forget the walls that taught you lessons, morals, values and much more.
Whenever you reach the heights of success and status, look back and continuously remind yourselves about what you were, who helped you, who corrected you and who steered your sinking ships in the right direction.

Dear students, from now on, we need to split into our respective fields. Take this step with caution. Make a deep research. Try to identify the capabilities in you. Think wherein you're interested and choose a career path keeping this in mind. Let your interest and your capability decide your career.

Having said this, I will not miss this golden opportunity to express my sincere gratitude towards all the staff of Greenland family for making us what we are today. I know that this is an irrevocable debt. I can't pay it back and a small thank you is not going to work, but still I would like to thank you for being with us like mentors who shaped the unshaped mud into masterpieces.

My experience here with you all has been fabulous. There are so many memorable moments that I am going to take with me and they are going to stay with me. My experience here has been emotional. The love, care and heartly attachment is surely going to be missed. I will miss you all.

Well, this is all I want to say. I conclude with this piece of poetry:
SABAQ FIR PADH SADAQAT KA, SHUJAAT KA, ADALAT KA
LIYA JAYEGA TUJH SE KAAM DUNIYA KI IMAMAT KA
ALL THE BEST AND THANK YOU SO MUCH!