Friday, November 16, 2007

Happiness

Happiness is not a matter of fortune or worldly possessions. It is a mental attitude. It comes from appreciating what we have, instead of being miserable about what we don't have. It's so simple, yet so hard for the human mind to comprehend. - Anonymous Quote

At Carnegie Mellon University, there was an exercise for Professors to imagine that they were going to die. What would they say if they knew it was their "Last Lecture"? For Randy Pausch, a 47-Year-Old Professor, it was not an exercise. It is his reality because he is dying of Pancreatic Cancer. In the video below, he gives his “Last Lecture”. If you have not seen this, I urge you to take the time to watch.


Randy Pausch original lecture (approximately 107 min.):
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5700431505846055184&pr=goog-sl

Link to his website at Carnegie Mellon University:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/