I flew home from Costa Mesa this evening; I arrived at the airport and got through security about 20 minutes before the plane was to board. As usual I head to Hudson’s to check out the New Arrival and top selling books. I have a book with me that I am reading, but I always look to see what’s new. One caught my attention tonight, The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, so I bought it.As I stood by the gate waiting to board the plane I started to read. I finished it as we taxied to the gate at SeaTac. This small book, only 206 pages, holds so much wisdom and insight. I could relate to this author on so many levels, I just couldn’t put it down. I had heard about this guy but never really paid much attention.
The book is full of so many profound one liners I could probably list over a dozen of not here, but I will leave that for those of you that want to read the book, but this one is one that so good I just can’t resist; “Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want something.”
I will be processing this book and possibly reading it again for the next few days but for tonight I will just say it is a must read.
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I saw the special 20/20 did on him and I bawled my brains out. What an amazing man!!
Lani:
In reading the book it really wasn't as emotional, just inspirational. Maybe it was just so me.
How inspiring Randy Pausch is! If you liked "The Last Lecture", another fantastic memoir I just read and highly recommend is "My Stroke of Insight" by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. Her TEDTalk video (ted.com) has been seen as many times as The Last Lecture I think, and Oprah did 4 shows on her book, so there are a lot of similarities. In My Stroke of Insight, there's a happy ending though. It's an incredible story! I hear they're making it into a movie.
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