Professor Randy Pausch, whose "last lecture" and high-profile struggle with pancreatic cancer won wide admiration and sympathy, died yesterday.
I passed my copy of Randy’s book along to my Dad, recently diagnosed with leukemia. He was moved and inspired by it, as was I. We agreed that for a young man with small children to muster such a courageous response to a terminal diagnosis - stoical but also joyous and celebratory - is truly heroic. I’m so grateful that Randy was willing to share his story and his example with the world.
Hey Phil!
ReplyDeleteI was Googling some Goober lines to get exact text and one of the first hits was your blog!
I agree about the Pausch. The entire video of that address, by the way, is on youtube. Makes for an interesting experience since the book, I think, is a transcript of the lecture.
I thought of Goober yesterday when I read the following bit of wisdom from a 15 year-old: "Be all you can be to be a better you, because only you can be you, in the end."
Wonder what Floyd would say to that? (Hah! I think we both know.)