For those of you who don't know who Randy Pausch is, he was an American professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a best-selling author who achieved worldwide fame for his "The Last Lecture" speech on September 18, 2007 at Carnegie Mellon.
In August 2006, Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He pursued a very aggressive cancer treatment that included Whipple procedure[2] surgery and experimental chemotherapy; however, in August 2007 he was told the cancer had metastasized to his liver and spleen, which meant it was terminal. He then started palliative chemotherapy, intended to extend his life as long as possible. At that time, doctors estimated he would remain healthy for another three to six months. On May 2, 2008, a PET scan showed that his cancer had spread to his lungs and some lymph nodes in his chest, and that he had some metastases in his peritoneum and retroperitoneum.
I saw a special last night on his life and his Last Lecture and it resonates volumes to me cause THIS is what life should be about instead of the menial things we get hung up on. This was a man who never stopped dreaming and accomplished many things in his life. So sit for a minute and think about what YOU want your life to be about...
http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/
Here is the ABC special that I watched last night.
THE LAST LECTURE: The Love Story of Your Life.... Part 1-5
http://a.abcnews.com/gma/lastlecture/#
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