Rest in Peace, Randy Pausch
Posted by Megan Dietz
Friday, July 25, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
If anyone embodies the spirit of The Sunny Way, it’s Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch, who as of this morning has gone on to the great Imagineer workgroup in the sky. I am so grateful for the wisdom he delivered in his Last Lecture, and I think of his courage every time I hit a brick wall—I remember that it’s only there to give me a chance to prove how badly I want what’s on the other side of it.
He came back to CMU to speak to graduates 2 months ago. Here’s what he had to say about how to live, something he obviously knew a great deal about.
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We are so saddened by this news. What a wonderful, amazing, inspirational man. May his legacy live on forever.
Perhaps it’s synchronicity, because I was reminded of him last night and late this morning, as I heard that an acquaintance is searching to find her dream career, and has missed again. I thought that mentioning Randy, his work, his book, and his enormous example would inspire her to be true to her dreams and to have the courage to manifest them regardless of how old she is or how impossible they appear to be.
What a beautiful, courageous life he led, his legacy lives on in each one of us each time we discover what our dreams are and figure out creative ways to make them real.
Thank you Megan for posting this - I had not heard of Randy before. His words have such a power, because of when he is saying them. What a beautiful man.
Pouring out some milk and cookies here for Randy Pausch.
I must have watched The Last Lecture a couple of dozen times since I first saw it last year, and if anything it gets more powerful with each viewing. His performance is hugely compelling and the lecture itself will I’m sure be watched for years to come, but I found the other speakers almost as riveting. He was clearly a special man, and the obvious warmth and love in the tributes paid to him by his friends and colleagues is quite affecting.
Even before delivering his lecture, it seems that Randy Pausch had done a lot of good in his time on the planet, but what he accomplished in the last months of his life (it’s not even a year since he gave the lecture) - millions of views on YouTube, a best-selling book, untold numbers of lives touched - is awe-inspiring, and an object lesson in how much of a difference one person can make. RIP.
(For those who haven’t seen it, his lecture on Time Management is also well worth a look)
amen to all of the above, and RIP. clearly a great man, a great mind, and a great contributor to the eternal dialogue.
missed you when you were in town last weekend madge, but i was preparing for the pittsburgh triathlon! hope you guys had a good time.
Interesting piece on Wired News today: Randy Pausch’s Distributed Funeral.
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