You've Only Just Begun: Inspiration for the Graduate

This book of inspiration and encouragement for graduates blends beautiful, contemporary color photos with thoughtful yet lighthearted words of wisdom. It makes that perfect extra gift for young men and women as they leave school to face challenging and exciting futures. Typical of the book's contents is a dramatic photo of a tropical coastline with windblown trees and heavy skies. Its caption describes a wise man as "One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear." An image of tire tracks extending across open beach is accompanied by Ralph Waldo Emerson's advice: "Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." Additional quotations on two-page spreads include inspiring thoughts from Benjamin Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anatole France, and others. Each stimulating reflection is complemented with a brilliant color photo that will evoke a pensive mood. Here is a small but thoughtful gift that will be appreciated and re-read many times by the high school and college graduates who receive it. Full-color photos on every two-page spread.

(back cover)
You've Only Just Begun
Inspiration for the Graduate
Darryl Torckler's beautiful photographic images are complemented with Gillian Torckler's selection of inspiring, lighthearted words taken from writers, philosophers, and other renowned figures. Here is a gift that will be truly appreciated by the graduate who receives it.

(front flap)
You've Only Just Begun
Inspiration for the Graduate
This thoughtful and amusing book for graduates blends beautifully evocative photos with encouraging words of wisdom from Ralph Waldo Emerson, Benjamin Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anatole France, and other wise and witty figures from the past. Young men and women who are leaving school to face challenging and exciting futures will return to this inspiring volume time and time again.

(back flap)
Gillian Torckler, a medical research scientist at Auckland University, New Zealand, has also written books for adults and children on nature, trout fishing, snorkeling, and the sea. She and her husband, Darryl Torckler, live close to the sea in North Auckland, New Zealand.

Darryl Torckler is a photographer who specializes in nature and underwater subjects. He has won more than 100 international photography awards, and is a founding member of the Underwater Photographic Society of New Zealand.