Thanks Ronni. Yours is an inspiring story. The ABC news website today ran a comment page which attracted a large volume of responses from many devoted fans. One that caught my eye (for people who know of Harry Potter)
He's not dead. He has a horcrux in every iPhone. Live long Steve. Live long. Bill Currie On 6/10/11 12:12 PM, "Ronda Brown" <[email protected]> wrote: > >A very sad day. Steve Jobs will be remembered as a truly great man for >many reasons. > >He was particularly inspirational and gave me the motivation I needed >when I viewed and listened to his 'Stanford University¹s 114th >Commencement on June 12, 2005¹ speech. > >It was my Birthday; and I had returned home from Hospital after another >operation for my battle with cancer, which had recurred after years of >remission, and losing my husband to cancer in 2003. >My prognosis was not the best and I was trying to come to terms with it, >and learn how to deal with it and move forward; this time without the >support of my darling husband. > >I can not remember how I came across the Video Speech, but to this day I >remember Steve Jobs words; > >³Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don¹t lose faith >You¹ve got to find what you love.² > >All of Steve¹s speech was inspirational, but these particular words >motivated me beyond belief. >I decided to change my life ... 'take on' Cancer again and beat it, and >since I had lost one love, find what I love doing and learn to do it to >the best of my ability. >I knew I loved Macs and everything to do with Apple, but I had never had >the time to really pursue this passion. >Well, the rest is history, I threw my energies into living with cancer' >and doing something I really love working with Macs and anything Apple. > >I still have the Video Speech and watched it again this morning after >hearing the sad news of Steve losing his battle with cancer. >Steve you were, and always will be an inspiration to me Rest In Peace! > >Kind Regards, > >Ronni > > > > >On 06/10/2011, at 11:05 AM, Darrel McGuiness wrote: > >> Condolence to all, >> >> See a brilliant video of 3 phases of Steves' life; by Steve himself. >> >> Various ways of seeing this:- just google Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford >>commencement address. >> >> Regards >> >> Darrel > > > > > > > > > > > >-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >Settings & Unsubscribe - ><http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
