My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures; then...
I have held you close. Now as you fly into adulthood, bound to open books and discover worlds, I release you. But not without one final prayer: Prosper not only in your studies, but prosper in knowing God more richly. I will not be there to catch you when you fall. But God will catch you when I can't....