Randy Pausch’s video of his “Last Lecture” is an example of something that few people have really found or felt. Outright determination, throughout all he was going through and the way he came out of it shows what, in the end, being determined to be happy can really do. The brick wall he speaks of is probably the most important to me, and how if you face the wall, to get through it, you must want it, and anyone who does not get over it, didn’t really want it is about as true as words get.
His lecture was not about troubles, hardships, or his cancer. It was about it not being about any of those, not defining yourself by your struggles, but by your perseverance over them. Happiness is not free, its earned. You have to want to be happy to find what will make you happy, and want it even more to achieve it. Let nothing stand in your way.
I will say something about his courage though. Not only facing his own trials, but finding a way to use them to the advantage of others is nothing less than inspiring. We need more men like him in the world, more who see the potential in a strife, rather than the strife itself.
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