Friday, July 25, 2008

A little sad.



I had read and then heard the lecture given by this great man Randy Pausch. He was a professor who was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer. He was told he had 3-6 months left to live. He wrote a lecture entitled "The last lecture". It was filled with stories of his childhood dreams and tales of how those dreams either came true or didn't but how in the end, he would never let any brick wall get in his way. He would simply break through it. At the end of the lecture he told his class that he didn't write this lecture for them. He wrote it for his kids because he was dying of cancer. He was a very inspiring man. He left behind a beautiful wife and 3 children. I never got the opportunity to meet him but I can say, his "The Last Lecture" made an impact on my life. My condolences go out to his family. Thanks for sharing your husband and father with the rest of the world.

Here is the link to that lecture
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
It is over an hour long but once you start listening, you wont want to stop.

2 comments:

Angela said...

this guy and this lecture is amazing! the house we are trying to get is in the uptown area around candelaria and carlisle. we started out looking on the west side but decided to stay closer to our jobs. are you moving back to ventana ranch?

Mama Mia said...

I saw a dateline NBC program on him! I loved it as well! When did he die?