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[G8r]

Mutatio, I liked your post regarding Steve Jobs, "finding what you love". It reminded me of a book I read few years ago called, The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.

Many universities have things like this where they ask people to think about their death and see what things mean the most to them. What kind of legacy do they want to leave? Unfortunately for Randy, he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer a few months prior to him giving the talk.

Instead of bemoaning his predicament and wallowing in self pity, he chose to embrace by his remaining time and share his zest for life with others. He was upset that he wouldn't be able to watch his kids grow and teach them life lessons so he used this talk as a platform for both. The title of his talk was "Really Achieving your Childhood Dreams". His talk and the book are very inspiring and IMO seem particularly relevant to people in our situation who feel like they've been thrown a curve ball. It's a short read so I think I'm going to dig out my copy and reread it.

Thanks for the inspiration Mutatio.