the last lecture.
someone recently gave me this book, and if she is reading this thank you!
if you have time you NEED to watch this lecture. it is powerful, moving, and challenging.
this is a speech by randy pausch, a professor who died recently of cancer. this was
his last lecture to his college students and fellow professors where he taught.
i hope you get as much out of it as i did.
-stephen
if you have time you NEED to watch this lecture. it is powerful, moving, and challenging.
this is a speech by randy pausch, a professor who died recently of cancer. this was
his last lecture to his college students and fellow professors where he taught.
i hope you get as much out of it as i did.
-stephen
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although kelli (my daughter) is living on the CMU campus, and currently attending Pitt, we didn't get a chance to attend the lecture or get to know randy, but he, in life and now death, has reach so many people with his inspiring words.
i believe his words teach us what's really important in this world... our interaction with others and the love we have for our families.
thank you for sharing this with others. may we all learn and be so blessed!
I felt compelled to respond to your previous post about writing our own obituary, but there were so many thoughts and I felt so conflicted, I could not bring myself to respond. And now I know why.
Children really are the penultimate legacy. If you or anyone else reading this is fortunate enough to have children you will come to realize this.
Since we all have parents alive or not, known to us or sadly not known to us, we must embrace our responsibility of being their legacy.
So when you ask us to write our own obituary, I would tell you to instead write your parents obituary.
Face your demons and celebrate the successes. I believe that our future will be clouded until we reconcile with our past. If you haven’t already, you may soon find that you are the mirror for your parents just as your children will be a mirror for you.
As a child of 30 I was totally unprepared for my parent's death. As a parent I got many things right and to my dismay some things wrong. I've seen it all in the mirror.
Cheers
very interesting how one turns the bad into good and just reflects the bigger picture/story of the guy who really took the bad for our good.
:)
The ending was so surprising and I'm not going to lie, I totally cried. What a wonderful gift he has given US, his students and his children. What a remarkable man!
I love it.
Thank you for sharing. :)
You know, I'm so glad I have people like you, people like this man, people like my dad, to teach me about truly living when I'm young. I'm so blessed not to have to learn the hard way.
thank you.
Inasmuch as it is profoundly inspiring, it also makes me feel bad because I can see the pieces of my life that need to fit..I mean I can see all the pieces of my heart's desire clearly on the table...even the pieces I thought I lost years ago, but like a complex puzzle, I can see a picture, but I don't know how to arrange the pieces. I'm a visionary myself, not a construction worker (metaphorically speaking). But motivation is a good catalyst, so hopefully karma will someday balance out the effort, if I make it; however seemingly insignificant, all one can act on is what seems important and dear to their heart.
You know, I think you're on to something here. :) Nothing you ever post is random or out of place. I can see a fluid connection between the memoirs in your book and the blogs you post. I feel like you're really working to sort out the details of your own legacy! And I have complete faith you're achieving it.
Thanks for letting me write along on the journey..
I read a bit of the book in a bookstore a few weeks ago and enjoyed it, but didn't buy it...definitely going to find it again now!
He lives and walks today among the most awesome hero's of scripture: Moses, David, Joshua and so many otehrs!!! This is what we as believers long for and that is to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!!!! Remember what we are her for and it's not for worship of people but of working to increase the kingdom!!!!
Good luck
very good read.
very good motivation, among other things.
It was.
I have to admitt I take a great amount of joy in achieving my own dreams. Bragging rights at times. But beyond that, something personal that no one else can see, but that I take with me everywhere I go. I wouldn't be the same person without them.
'Brick walls.' I'm taking that with me.
go to this website for more info... http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2008/September/sept2_pauschmemorial.shtml
it will be streamed live on abcnews.com so all can watch.
Thanks for posting Stephen!
If you ever do become a professor, I look forward to seeing all that God will bless you with and everything that comes out of it.
thank you =)
this was amazing!
I saw Randy's interview on Dateline (is that right? I can't remember it was a while ago). I was inspired.
http://postgazette.com/pg/08267/914333-298.stm
so, are you a tigger or eeyore?
it has really inspired me.
i want to thank you stephen for posting this. i got ALOT out of this.