“spirtually and passionately alive”
One of my roommates during college just posted this video on my profile in Facebook… It’s a video that EVERYONE should watch. It’s long, but worth every minute. It’s priceless… and it made me tear up.
Randy Pausch Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving talk, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. For more, visit www.cmu.edu/randyslecture.
“Journeys” are special University Lectures in which Carnegie Mellon faculty members share their reflections on their journeys — the everyday actions, decisions, challenges and joys that make a life.
Some quotes I pulled from it with the hopes to get you to sit down and actually watch it – BECAUSE YOU SHOULD:
“I’m dying… and I’m having fun.”
“Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.”
“Never lose the child-like wonder.”
“Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.”
“If your kids want to paint their bedroom, as a favor to me, let them do it.”
“Brick walls are there to let us show our dedication.”
“Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.”
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But in the midst of the freedom he had attained, Harry suddenly became aware that his freedom was a death and that he stood alone.
— , Steppenwolf
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I love this speach, there is so much truth in his words and he s such a sympathic guy… there should be a lot more people like him in the world… thanks for posting it