Viewing of the Last Lecture

I just finished watching the youtube video called the last lecture. In it, a professor gives his last lecture - an honor usually reserved for retiring professors. Randy Pausch gets to do it because he is terminally ill with cancer and only has a few more months. Randy is funny, engaging, creative, friendly, outgoing - - and a father of three small children. I will not go into the content because it is best viewed live - and youtube makes that easy. The one thought that comes to mind is a good news/bad news idea.

The good news - for most of us fathers we do not have to face such an ending, leaving a wife and three small children behind.
The bad news - for most of us fathers, we do not have to face such an ending, leaving a wife and three small children behind.

I repeat myself because many of us might not be saying all the things we want to say and doing all the things we should be doing - and changing that is difficult. I will share one thing about the video - Randy was not angry but grateful for the chance to open up and share. Sometimes we all need a kick in the pants to openly share things with our children and get by the "I will get around to it later" statement.

Randy did well with his words, and he inspired me to share some of my own. It should not take some bad news to move our hearts a little and get our priorities straight. Watch the video and take a few moments to jot down some of your own thoughts - then SHARE THEM!! Have a good day.