"It's not about how to achieve your dreams; it's about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the dreams will come to you."

Hug your friends and loved ones especially tight today. Time is so precious.

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Lessons On Living... From Randy Pausch

 

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"Brick walls make us prove how badly we want things. They stop those who don't want it badly enough." ~Randy Pausch

Every time I see or hear Randy Pausch, I am filled with mixed emotions. He is such a phenomenal person! And although I marvel at his humanity and the legacy he is living, I am so deeply upset that his space on the planet will one day be physically empty.
Recently I was over at Joel Christopher's Master List Building site and he had this video there. How can a person with so little time live larger, better and share more about living life fully than most of us?
During the lecture, Randy shows a photo of himself as the "child dreamer," and you can still sense this in him as an adult. His incredible strength as he faces the future with the same boyish wonder, has not only made him a hero to me, but to millions of others around the world as well.
At one point, Randy mentions a professor who had "Dutch Uncled" him. It feels like he has found a way to return the favor by presenting this life altering message to a starving world.
Randy Pausch inspires me to be a better person. Using my life and talents to make a difference in the world on a massive scale is one of my dreams. I hope you too, will be uplifted to make a difference in someone's life today.

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I've been away for a bit and I apologize. Call it a life in progress. Anyway, it's good to be back blogging to inspire, motivate and encourage others.
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What to do with our lives! That's something nearly everyone has wondered at some point in time. Often it becomes a life-long quest to discover the answer.

Maybe it's not even necessary to feel we have to aspire to "some great thing." Why open ourselves up to the frustrations and possible disappointment? If we're okay with where we are now in this big old world, why should we seek for some deeper meaning, some purpose?

Does it really make a difference? Would anyone actually care? Absolutely. At least that's my opinion. Not everyone aspires to shake up the universe of course, and that's fine. Everyone has something special to offer the world that no one else has. It's unique only to them.

Les Brown made a statement once similar to this, "many people die with their songs still in them."

The meaning is that if you want to share your gift with the world, or to write a book and you keep putting it on the back burner, if something happens to you, that opportunity is lost to the world.

People will never have the chance to be inspired by your words, or to laugh at your candor. Someone may have been motivated to dream by your thoughts or to live a better life through the wisdom and experiences you shared. It's too late after you're gone.

Leo Buscaglia, one of my favorite authors, used to say, "At birth God gives us a great and precious gift. What we give back through our lives is our gift to Him."

I think having positive goals in life strong enough for you to believe in builds character. They keep you grounded and promote the growth and abundance of hope. I don't ever want to stop finding new "purposes" for my life, do you feel that way too?

Are you ever too old to find your purpose or to discover greatness? What do you think? Do you know anyone who has found their purpose, or re-discovered new ones long after the bloom has left the rose? I would love to hear your inspirational, humorous or thought provoking stories.