Michael, why so apparently clinical. In your comparison between
"analysis"
and "lecture," are you denigrating the value of a "lecture?" Why couldn't
Pausch's
"lecture" be the result of an articulation of deep reflection, if that's a more
acceptable
term than meditation, and a willing to share? Maybe you have to stare the Grim
Reaper in
its face to understand for his words not to feel "touchy-feely." They touched
me, for I
understand. Having come literally within a hare's breath of dying one year ago
this
coming mid-September--and somehow having survived that massive cerebral
hemorrahage
unscathed-it does give you occasion to pause and reflect on the meaning and
purpose of
your life and on life in general. For me, it somehow makes every moment vivid,
every
happiness more luminous and intense. It has developed a hunger that is also a
form of
joy. I find that having walked through the valley of the shadow of death has
enlightened
my life-and changed my toward life and death. Each day I awake, I realize that
what I
choose to do with this one day is up to me. So, I make a resolution to
consciously greet
this one and only day I have with a resolving "yes," that I will not live in
the shadow of
pessimism, cynicism, anxiety, and fear, that I won't let the gift of this one
more day
pass as a blur and merely mark it off. Instead, I will live, love, laugh, have
fun, and
enjoy to the fullest throughout this one more day given to me--as it if were my
last and
as it almost was on that fateful September 15th-with no guarantee of tomorrow.
Now, if
that be Pollyannaish, so be it. Beats being down and jaded
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier
http://therandomthoughts.edublogs.org/
Department of History
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