Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon professor and author of the "Last Lecture," has died. I had been thinking about him... periodically checking on his blog, where he gave updates on his battle with pancreatic cancer... noticing he had not posted in about a month... So, I googled him and discovered Randy Pausch died about an hour ago. Like thousands of others, I came across Pausch's inspirational words in a profile on "20/20" or some such news magazine. Randy Pausch let everyone know he was first a husband and a father. The rest of the world just reaped the side effects.
Here are some of the highlights from Pausch's "Last Lecture":
-Never underestimate the importance of having fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day because there's no other way to play it.
-Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
-No one is pure evil. Find the best in everybody. Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.
-Brick walls are there for a reason. They are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop people who don't want it badly enough.
-We can't change the cards we're dealt, just how we play the hand. If I'm not as depressed as you think I should be, I'm sorry to disappoint you.
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