The Last Lecture
July 25, 2008
As I was browsing through my usual dose of tmz, a piece of news stunned me.
The Carnegie-Mellon professor who gave motivational talks coined ‘The Last Lecture’ is dead.
Dead.
His death was not an unexpected one. However, the amazing strength and bravery that he has displayed conferred a certain kind of immortality upon him. At least, I believed that the more I read about him, the less likely he was going to die. It’s as though he’ll be one of those miracle patients who are given three months to live but ended up living for decades.
Well, seems like reality has triumphed after all. He is dead. He has died from pancreatic cancer.
I still remember one thing he said, don’t ask me about my wife because I haven’t figured out how to deal with that part yet.
I think about myself. What if I died without warning. What will happen to y? Will he be devastated? Or is a slow death better than a quick one? Because the slow death allows you to say goodbye…
Hard questions. But whatever it is, life is a gift. It just happens once. For all of us netizens, it is amazing that we can all gather at wordpress to share our joys and sorrows. And I’m glad that we did that. Don’t live with regrets and always follow your heart.
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