Not to dwell on the subject, but...
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alexpgpColonel Nicholson spoke of being "closer to the end than to the beginning" and during last season's final episode of Castle, Martha Rogers—Castle's mother—spoke as one "who was more than halfway through the movie." Sure, they're both fictitious characters, but what they speak of is real.
And it actually takes some number of birthdays for the realization to move from an intellectual acknowledgment to a sort of palpable sensation that makes one pause from time to time to look at clouds in the sky, or the grass underfoot, or the laughing interaction between grandson, dog, hose, and sparkling sprays of water.
From Steve Jobs'
And it actually takes some number of birthdays for the realization to move from an intellectual acknowledgment to a sort of palpable sensation that makes one pause from time to time to look at clouds in the sky, or the grass underfoot, or the laughing interaction between grandson, dog, hose, and sparkling sprays of water.
From Steve Jobs'
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Colonel Nicholson spoke of being "closer to the end than to the beginning" and during last season's final episode of <i>Castle</i>, Martha Rogers—Castle's mother—spoke as one "who was more than halfway through the movie." Sure, they're both fictitious characters, but what they speak of is real.
And it actually takes some number of birthdays for the realization to move from an intellectual acknowledgment to a sort of palpable sensation that makes one pause from time to time to look at clouds in the sky, or the grass underfoot, or the laughing interaction between grandson, dog, hose, and sparkling sprays of water.
From Steve Jobs' <a href="<a href="http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html">2005 commencement address at Stanford</a>:
<blockquote>When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: 'If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.' It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.</blockquote>I've probably read similar things a number of times over the years, but reading these words caused a sort of 'click' somewhere in the depths of my mind, the kind of sound reserved for when large, important pieces come together. I'm not sure what it means, yet, but I'm sure something will surface.
In the meantime, go read the entire address and be inspired.
Cheers...
And it actually takes some number of birthdays for the realization to move from an intellectual acknowledgment to a sort of palpable sensation that makes one pause from time to time to look at clouds in the sky, or the grass underfoot, or the laughing interaction between grandson, dog, hose, and sparkling sprays of water.
From Steve Jobs' <a href="<a href="http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html">2005 commencement address at Stanford</a>:
<blockquote>When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: 'If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.' It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.</blockquote>I've probably read similar things a number of times over the years, but reading these words caused a sort of 'click' somewhere in the depths of my mind, the kind of sound reserved for when large, important pieces come together. I'm not sure what it means, yet, but I'm sure something will surface.
In the meantime, go read the entire address and be inspired.
Cheers...
