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NOW WHAT?

MAIN POINT
Every one of us has experienced the strangeness of coming to one of life's big turning points and feeling profoundly disappointed with the results.  Graduation can be one of those times.  Somehow we've been led to believe the culmination of our early years is at those cap-and-gown ceremonies.  All the preparation is over; now life is supposed to begin.  So when the day actually arrives, it sometimes has trouble living up to all the expectations. You get the sneaking suspicion you've been duped.  That life doesn't actually begin like it was supposed to. 

CHARACTERIZATION
This graduate should not come across as fearful.  Although she undoubtedly has some inner anxiety, she's a generally confident person who believes she'll figure things out.  She just doesn't like the pace at which things are proceeding.  Play her slightly cynical, but not completely jaded or discouraged.  She's uncertain, but not depressed.

DIRECTOR'S NOTES
1) Since this is a monologue (as opposed to a soliloquy), the actor shouldn't be afraid to address the audience directly with eyes and voice.  They need to experience the actor directly as opposed to eavesdropping on the actor's private thoughts. Although the actor shouldn't stand in one place the whole time, avoid excessive movement.  Slow, thoughtful pacing will help. 2) Gender isn't crucial here.  You can easily convert this character to a male graduate.

RELATED SCRIPTURES
See Psalms 37:34-38 for the Lord's personal blessing on the future of the righteous.  Proverbs 24:14-20 repeats the theme. There's the famous passage in Jeremiah 29:11 about God's plans for the future; for the theme of assurance, see Romans 8:38-39.

RELATED THEMES
From this script, you can take off in a variety of directions.  Besides the obvious theme of graduation, you can also use it to address God's will, God's sovereignty, the future or even singleness.