Having a dream and not accepting ‘no’ as a defeat can be life-defining

NeSmith brings message to college-bound Tallulah Falls grads

  • Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Graduation speaker Dink NeSmith, co-owner of Community Newspapers, Inc., utilizes a soap bubble machine during his speech, noting how bubbles are like dreams. NeSmith told the Tallulah Falls School graduates to remember a “no” can be a stumbling block or it can be a stepping-stone in their path to making their dreams come true.
    Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Graduation speaker Dink NeSmith, co-owner of Community Newspapers, Inc., utilizes a soap bubble machine during his speech, noting how bubbles are like dreams. NeSmith told the Tallulah Falls School graduates to remember a “no” can be a stumbling block or it can be a stepping-stone in their path to making their dreams come true.
  • Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Dr. Larry Peevy, president and head of school, addresses the Tallulah Falls School Class of 2025 during the graduation ceremony on May 22 in the Student Activity Center.
    Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Dr. Larry Peevy, president and head of school, addresses the Tallulah Falls School Class of 2025 during the graduation ceremony on May 22 in the Student Activity Center.
  • Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Ava Hamon (left) smiles as she hugs fellow Tallulah Falls graduates at the conclusion of the May 22 graduation ceremony in the Student Activity Center pm the TFS Lower/Middle School Campus.
    Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Ava Hamon (left) smiles as she hugs fellow Tallulah Falls graduates at the conclusion of the May 22 graduation ceremony in the Student Activity Center pm the TFS Lower/Middle School Campus.
  • Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Dink NeSmith (left), co-owner of Community Newspapers, Inc. and the Class of 2025 graduation speaker, stands with Dr. Larry Peevy, TFS president and head of school, after the commencement exercises on May 22 in the Student Activity Center.
    Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Dink NeSmith (left), co-owner of Community Newspapers, Inc. and the Class of 2025 graduation speaker, stands with Dr. Larry Peevy, TFS president and head of school, after the commencement exercises on May 22 in the Student Activity Center.

    Everyone at some point in life has been told “no,” but sometimes that basic word of negativity can become one of motivation.

    Dink NeSmith has not allowed “no” to be an absolute denial. The journalism i…