The Last Lecture!
My friend Anita just forwarded me this last lecture from Dr. Randy Paush. This is what he said before he knew that he will be die in few month. He reviewed his life and showed us what he wish his kids can learn when they grow up. I should admit that this video just made me cry!
Ok, what did I learn from it?
1. When somebody is hard on you, they are doing that because they care to make you better, so they push you hard. If you do a bad job, nobody comes to you since they don’t care.
2. The brick walls that are in our way are there for a reason, they are not there for keep us out. They are there to give us a way to show how much we want it.
3. Have a sense of fun and wonder, they should never go away!
4. Mother are people are love you even when you pull her hair. Not only mom, I love my niece Duoduo even when she pull my hair hard when she is little, now you know why my hair is so less….:)
5. You think the situation you’ve been through is hard? Just remember that someone is fighting the world war 2 at your age!
6. Let your kids paint their bedroom. Let them to express their own creativities.
7. Care about PEOPLE, not the things! –I like it!
8. Identity as early as you can whether you are a tigger or a eeyore(? Can someone tell me what’s that?). Tiggers are energetic, they are optimitic, they are curious, they are enthusiastic and they have fun! Never, ever estimate the importance of having fun.
9. Work and play well with others, live with interity. Tell the truth!
10. The right way to appologize:
a. I am sorry;
b. That was my fault;
c. How can I make it right next time?
10. No one is a pure evil, if you wait long enough, they will show you their good side. So be patient on people, even if you don’t like them.
11. Show gratitude! It is simple, but very powerful!
12. Complaiting and whine doesn’t solve the problem. Don’t complain even if people spit on you!
13. It is you who can choose to have a fun time or complaining, or playing the game hard! Which is probably going to help you in a long run.
If you live properly, the dream will come to you!
Olina-
So glad you finally got a chance to see Randy’s video…it is HUGELY inspiring and so sad that he is gone…I was married for 17 years to an Eeyore so can definitely tell you what that is! Eeyores see only the negative in life…”the sky is falling”…”there’s no way to fix it”…”I don’t deserve better”…etc…got the picture? Us Tiggers sometimes get attracted to Eeyores (and DEFINITELY vice versa) because they NEED us to survive and to get a glimmer of hope and energy…
Can’t wait for our lunch date next week!
Jen
Hi Jen,
Great to see your comment here and thanks for the explaination for Eeyores. I finally know what’s that really means.
What I am thinking now is: Are Eeyore born or trained. Are they happy to stay negative? Can we do somethng about it except complain or stay away from them? Will two triggers work out better in a relationship? Can we start a program to turn Eeyores to Triggers? I mean if they want to….
I am reading a book called ‘Men, women and relationship’ now. It is a great book, I will share it with you when we catch up.
Olina