If you all hadn't heard the news, Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, passed away. He was 56. It was pancreatic cancer that killed him, though he lived five years longer than most people diagnosed with that kind of cancer do.
Whether or not you're a fan of Apple products, you can't deny he was a great innovator, if not a bit anal. I myself use Apple products, (iPod and iPad 2)so perhaps I see this as a bit more of a loss than those who don't.
If nothing else, maybe this could be a place to discuss mortality, though that seems a bit grim.
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. -- Steve Jobs
Whether or not you're a fan of Apple products, you can't deny he was a great innovator, if not a bit anal. I myself use Apple products, (iPod and iPad 2)so perhaps I see this as a bit more of a loss than those who don't.
If nothing else, maybe this could be a place to discuss mortality, though that seems a bit grim.
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. -- Steve Jobs
