Blogspiration is a new weekly meme hosted by GrowingUpYA and Saz101. The meme was created to help spark inspiration among bloggers, readers and writers alike. An inspirational quote/picture/video is posted weekly, on the day of the author's choosing, so that it may inspire creativity, conversation or just a little SOMETHING.
I am so excited to share this week's blogspiration with you guys!! I recently stumbled upon Steve Job's commencement speech at Stanford University (2005) and these bits really stood out for me.
"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
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"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."
Here's to following our dreams!!
Happy Sunday!!
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Ohhhhh, Kristin... This is... It's so so SO perfect. I kind of saw 'Steve Jobs' and was a little apprehensive, but this is... How does he manage to talk philosophy and stay so grounded and wise and... I kind o maybe want to print this out and stick it on my wall :O
ReplyDeleteDO IT!!!! :)
DeleteHe was such an inspirational icon to our generation. I've had his biography sitting on my bookshelf since Christmas and I'm just waiting for the right time to read it.
ReplyDeleteI REALLY want to read his biography!! Especially after reading his commencement speech!
Delete"all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important"
ReplyDeleteOh whoa.
Kristin, this is amazing. Thanks for sharing. xo
I thought it was such a great speech!! So glad you liked it :)
DeleteThat was.
ReplyDeleteWOOOOOW.
Now I feel lame for my blogspiration post.
It's true, though, that death is constant where humans aren't.
Thank you for sharing with us!
Sophie @ The Dreaming Reader
This was really nice...Now you're going to die soon, so come to Australia.
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