I'd like to give you an invisible gift: a gift of a silent minute to think about anyone who has helped you to become who you are today --- any people you know who have been an important part of your journey. Some of them may be here right now. Some might be far away. Some may even be in heaven. But wherever they are --- if they've loved you, and encouraged you, and wanted what was best in life for you, they're right inside yourself, and I just feel that you deserve time on this very special occasion to devote some thought to them. So let's take a minute --- a minute of silence --- and think about the people who loved us all along the way, the people who have helped us become who we are. One minute. I'll watch the clock. - Fred Rogers