As I prepare to graduate in the spring I have been making different preparations. One of these many plan making activities includes applying to become the Student Commencement Speaker, a great honor at Temple University. In so many ways it is my "Last lecture" in that it will be my last opportunity to address my class as a whole.
For no other reason other than my love of creative non-fiction I picked up a copy of Randy Pausch's "The Last Lecture". This was his final testament to his children as he was slowly dying of Pancreatic Cancer. The book outlines his process of coming to terms with life, and really how life should be lived, to the fullest. It was incredibly helpful as it really helped me craft my own lecture...now i simply have to write it.
Randy was an inspiration, and has done what he set out to do, leave a mark. I just want to leave a mark on this place...on these people.
"Somehow with the passage of time, and the deadlines that life imposes, surrendering became the right thing to do." ~Randy Pausch
I hope I am chosen.
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