Many of you who will read this have probably heard about Randy Pausch. He was recently in the news a lot. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer and only given a few months to live. He lost his battle with cancer last week. He was on Oprah a few months ago and after I heard his story I had to get his book and read it. It is filled with advice on living, as he calls them, life lessons. You can not read this book and not be inspired. What an amazing man! I highly recommend reading this book. Talk about doing a lot with the little time that he had left. What an amazing legacy he left for his 3 young children. I only wish I had a fraction of his optimism and unbelievable outlook on life. One of the chapters in his book is dedicated to fulfilling childhood dreams. I felt inspired to take a look back to my childhood and try to remember what some of my dreams were and asked Michael to do the same. He was let's say, slightly reluctant, but I finally got 3 out of them. Here they are...
Jennifer's 3 Childhood Dreams
1. Become a teacher
2. Fly to the moon
3. Sleep in Cinderella's castle
Michael's 3 Childhood Dreams
1. Become a doctor
2. Drive a ferrari
3. Meet Michael Jordan
Maybe someday we will be able to achieve some of these dreams. I thank Randy Pausch for his inspiration and feel a great deal of sadness for the loss that his wife and children must be feeling at this time.
2 comments:
I figured it would have been:
2. Own a ferrari (due to #1)
and
3. Play against Michael Jordan
I mean, if Jen's on the moon and sleeping in castles, its only fair.
Well at first he did say "own a ferrari", but I must have given him the yeah right look, so then he said, "drive a ferrari". It is probably more likely that I'll fly to the moon someday, then we'll own a ferrari!
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