From the author: "City Bulletin" Zheleznodorozhny Everything is in your hands, or Can you? My dear, beloved, relatives, those who gave me unforgettable memories, experiences and love. I am grateful to your parents and you, my first class children, for your wise lessons, for your help and unforgettable meetings where we enjoyed communication. Now you are Graduates, do you remember how you dreamed of becoming adults when you were in the fifth grade? And it seemed that this would not happen soon. You looked at the high school students with envy, came running to me, and asked: “What are you talking to them about?” You wanted to be famous, important. Then, the little girl was afraid to speak in class, she was shy. She was afraid to take the initiative. And I had a strong desire to help her. And I had no doubt that it would be so. Patience and perseverance towards her goal brought her success. Now, having seen her on stage, I admired the courage of this girl. Gracefulness and beauty. And I would like to remember the parable: Once upon a time, in an ancient city there lived a Master, surrounded by disciples. The most capable of them once thought: “Is there a question that our Master could not answer?” He went to a flowering meadow, caught the most beautiful butterfly and hid it between his palms. The butterfly clung to his hands with its paws, and the student was ticklish. Smiling, he approached the Master and asked: “Tell me, what kind of butterfly is in my hands: alive or dead?” He held the butterfly tightly in his closed palms and was ready at any moment to squeeze them for the sake of his truth. Without looking at the student’s hands, the Master answered :- Everything is in your hands. Remember, I told you that you can do it, and everything is in your hands. You just need to want it. Remember Pashka, it was he who dreamed of the Bauman School, and did not believe that he would get in. But can I,- he thought. Smog. I stopped doubting and entered. We have Lesha in our class, he sang and sang during lessons and I took him to a magical place, Lesha became a singer. It was scary to go on stage for the first time, he went out and sang. A cherished wish came true. Do you remember your childhood? What a strong desire and ability to strive for something all the time. Our dreams seemed giant to us, but we had no doubt that we were capable of achieving them. Adults seemed serious and inaccessible to us; sometimes they could not understand us, especially our irrepressible world of fantasies and dreams. As a child, we could imagine a lot of things! Imagine something impossible. And these dreams gave us strength, awakened in us an interest in life. I also dreamed: I would drive a car, I would travel just like that, I would travel. The dream was pushed back for various reasons. Later I began to ask myself the question, can I do it? I am 40 years old, and, of course, that’s what they told me - I shouldn’t sit down anymore. Everything was in my hands. I succeeded and I’m happy. After all, my dream has come true. Of course, not everything is as simple as it seems, a lot of effort must be made to make everything come true as we want. Today I wanted to say that only you can change your life. Color it with colored paints or black and white. Only you can look at the sunset and think “what a pity it’s going away.” And it is you who can see the same sunset and think “today is the best evening - the best sunset”! It depends only on you whether you will love the rain or quietly hate it. Everything depends on you!