Kansas City Chiefs kicker, two-time Super Bowl champ, and devout Catholic Harrison Butker was invited to give a commencement address at Georgia Tech. His advice to the graduates contradicts probably everything they learned in college and everything they are told by the culture.
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I just happen to be blessed by God to be really good at kicking a funny shaped ball between two yellow posts. So as someone who's not paid to speak for a living I'm about to pop off some hard truths.
I don't care if you have a successful career. I don't care if you have a big bank account or if you fly private... In the end, no matter how much money you attain, none of it will matter if you are alone and devoid of purpose.
"BUT MY GENDER STUDIES TEACHER TOLD ME THAT FAMILY IS OPPRESSIVE!!!"
It is said, 'What is done in the darkness will be brought to the light.'
OH NO! HE QUOTED THE BIBLE!!!
All of you are here today because you are smart, capable, and hardworking people. But if we're being honest, the world is filled with miserable smart, capable, and hardworking people. There are too many examples to list of people who have achieved great worldly success and fleeting happiness but in the end are unfulfilled...
Our culture is suffering, we all see it... anyone with eyes can see that something is off. Studies have shown one of the many negative effects of the pandemic is that a lot of young adults feel a sense of loneliness, anxiety and depression despite technology that has connected us more than ever before.
It would seem the more connected people are to one another, the more they feel alone. I'm not sure the root of this, but at least I can offer one controversial antidote that I believe will have a lasting impact for generations to come:
GET MARRIED AND START A FAMILY!
He said it! He really said THE forbidden in this country.
The cure for the epidemic of loneliness in this country is simple. Get married and start a family.
They just announced that this Super Bowl was the most watched football game of all time. And yet all of this happiness is temporary and the truth is, none of these accomplishments mean anything compared to the happiness I've found in my marriage and starting a family.
My confidence as a husband and father, and yes, even as a football player, is rooted in my marriage with my wife as we leave our mark on future generations by the children we bring into the world.
How much greater of a legacy can anyone leave than that?
Sadly we are encouraged to live our lives for ourselves. To move from one thing to another with no long term commitment. To have loyalty for nothing but ourselves and sacrifice only when it suits our own interests. This loneliness is rooted in the lies being sold about self-dependence and prioritizing our career over important relationships.
