Miranda has just made a surprising claim: that graduation is really for the faculty, not the students or parents. For faculty, she says, working with students is not something they do — it is a gift. She describes the warmth faculty feel watching students succeed and following their adventures after they leave. All of that contributes to the faculty's own sense of meaning and purpose. Then she turns the lens outward with this closing encouragement: the carrying is mutual. As the graduates go into the world, they should carry others in their hearts, and take comfort knowing they are carried in return.