Sunday, October 2, 2011

"The Last Lecture" or "Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"

So I don't know if anyone has noticed but I've neglected to update this blog for several weeks now. It's partly because I'm taking challenging college courses now (Physics and Organic Chemistry I) but it's mostly because I've been dealing with some serious emotional trauma due to a death in the family. I happened to come across some very inspirational material at the library though and one of them happens to also be available for free online. Enjoy!



(It's more than an hour long, so as with everything it has more force if you watch it in one sitting. So plan accordingly.)




Some nice tidbits:

"When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care."

“Follow your passions, believe in karma, and you won't have to chase your dreams, they will come to you.”

“The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have. ”

“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”

“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”

“Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.”

“If I only had three words of advice, they would be, Tell the Truth. If got three more words, I'd add, all the time.”

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