Just finished "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch. Randy is a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon who was diagnosed with terminal cancer. This book is the written form of his lecture that he gave on September 18, 2007.
This book wasn't about how to embrace and deal with death. This book was about how to embrace life and live it to its fullest. The book forces you to tap into your childhood dreams and to re-discover what those dreams were. Many times we go through life and its a routine; all dry and boring. But if we could tap back into our dreams and revisit the place where we knew no bounds then we could reset ourselves on the path of joy, peace and life.
The book is very realistic because Randy states that even though we can work to try to achieve our dreams, they sometime get fulfilled in unexpectant ways. For example, one of Randy's dreams was to play in the NFL. He never was able to go pro, but he did play football in his lifetime which taught him valuable lessons.
This book was a wake up call for not only my life but for my leadership at my church. Life is too short to go through the motions, be bored to tears, and at the end of it all say to ourselves "what did I do for the past 40 years?" Instead, let's dream and, more importantly, let's ask ourselves "how do I help someone else fulfill their dreams?"
Check out the website.
This book wasn't about how to embrace and deal with death. This book was about how to embrace life and live it to its fullest. The book forces you to tap into your childhood dreams and to re-discover what those dreams were. Many times we go through life and its a routine; all dry and boring. But if we could tap back into our dreams and revisit the place where we knew no bounds then we could reset ourselves on the path of joy, peace and life.
The book is very realistic because Randy states that even though we can work to try to achieve our dreams, they sometime get fulfilled in unexpectant ways. For example, one of Randy's dreams was to play in the NFL. He never was able to go pro, but he did play football in his lifetime which taught him valuable lessons.
This book was a wake up call for not only my life but for my leadership at my church. Life is too short to go through the motions, be bored to tears, and at the end of it all say to ourselves "what did I do for the past 40 years?" Instead, let's dream and, more importantly, let's ask ourselves "how do I help someone else fulfill their dreams?"
Check out the website.
