The Last Lecture

Have you read The Last Lecture? Maybe you saw it on youtube or on Oprah, like myself. Well, Randy Pausch, the author of that lecture has lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. When I first heard his lecture I thought, wow, he is so right on. Tonight I watched a special on his life. Of course, I cried through most of it. So many things stand out to me and I am sure they will be with me forever. But there was one thing that really hit home with me. He said that of all of the big things that he wanted to do with his life, he should have already done them. It was all of the little moments with his children, the love and the laughter, that was his real bucket list. How true is that statement. It doesn't matter if you have scaled the tallest mountain or gone on an African safari. Hearing the uninhibited laughter of your children is the most amazing thing you can experience in your life. You just need to be in that moment and let you children know you are in that moment. I never thought I would be so touched by the words of someone I hadn't met. His words make me want to be a better person. To laugh more often, live life more fully and to love more passionately. He had so much peace about the whole thing. He didn't like the hand he was dealt, but he accepted it. He came to peace with it. I need to find that peace. Maybe the whole world needs to find that peace. Every single one of us has something we battle deep within ourselves. We need to single it out, embrace it and accept it. If you haven't heard his words, you need to take the time to do so.