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Sandra Bullock Commencement to Easton Grads_ by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Aug 5, 2014 8:34 AM UTC  Sandra Bullock attends Spike TV's Guys' Choice Awards held at the Sony Studios in Los Angeles on June 7, 2014 Sandra Bullock attends Spike TV's Guys' Choice Awards held at the Sony Studios in Los Angeles on June 7, 2014 Tommaso Boddi—WireImage by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Aug 5, 2014 8:34 AM UTC With estimated earnings of $51 million, Sandra Bullock [made more money than any other Hollywood actress](http://news.yahoo.com/sandra-bullock-tops-list-hollywoods-best-paid-actresses-020835091.html;%5Fylt=AwrBJR.HQuBTtTgAvMXQtDMD) over the past year. No doubt this has a lot to do with the explosive success of the sci-fi film _Gravity_, in which she plays an astronaut left to drift through outer space after her shuttle is destroyed by a debris storm. The movie earned nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars — more than twice the revenue of _The Blind Side_, which won Bullock an Academy Award in 2010. Jennifer Lawrence and Jennifer Aniston were the second and third highest-paid actresses, respectively. ## Transcript If you could go back, and talk to your younger self, what would you say? And I thought, wow, that's, that's kinda heavy. And then I realized what I wish someone had said to me, was what I've been spending the last four years telling a little boy, who, I love more than anything. Who happens to be my son, and he's from New Orleans. [ NOISE ] And so, I thought. And so I thought, maybe I would share that with you guys. That what I tell a four year old, is what I wish, someone would have told me before I stepped out in the world. And the first thing is, stop worrying so much. Okay? Stop being scared of the unknown, because anything I worried about didn't happen. Other stuff happened, but not what I worried about. The unknown we can't do anything about. And I don't remember any of the moments in my life where I worried. So that's a lot of time, I couldn't get back. The second thing was, raise the bar higher. Okay? It is noisy out there, and for some reason people wanna see you fail. But that's not your problem. That is their problem. I only remember the moments when I tried beyond what I thought I could do, and I do not remember the failures because I didn't. Nothing's a failure. It's just not supposed to work out that way, because something better is supposed to come along. Yep. The third thing, we work on at home, in the mornings is that we turn on the music really, really loud before we leave the house. And the rule is you have to dance a little bit. A little bit before you step out in the world, because it changes the way you walk. It changes the way you walk out of the room. So do that. Eat something green, everyday, with every meal. It's growing food, for adults as well. Do not pick your nose in public. [ LAUGHTER ]. Think about this. How about we just don't pick it in private either? How about we just go get a tissue? I know it takes a little extra effort, but it gets the job done right away, and there's no public humiliation. And that, can go with a lot of other things as well. So just make a little bit of an effort. When someone who cares about you hugs you, hug him in back with two arms, don't do the one arm hug, cuz when you hug with two arms it allows you to lean on somebody and we always need someone to lean on, and if someone doesn't wanna play with you, it's okay. It's, it's okay. You know, not everyone is gonna love us, go find somebody who does wanna. Wanna play with you, and who appreciates what you have to offer. And the last, but not least is, go find your joy. Whatever that is, go find your joy. Are you gonna have a good day, or are you gonna have a great day, because it's completely up to you. It's what you're gonna remember in the end. You're not gonna remember how. You're worried. You're not going to remember the what ifs of the whys or who wronged you. It's the joy that stays with you and I want to thank you guys for the amazing joy that [ UNKNOWN ] brings me every day. You make me walk out into the world with pride and I want you to go find it. I want you to go save the world while you're at it and I thank you so much. Congratulations class of 2014. 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