You probably will want to pass on your wisdom to those most important to you. For Pausch this meant savoring his life for his three young children. Pausch's The Last Lecture was one heard around the world not just through the actual lecture but through the preservation of the events in his book, co-authored by Jeffrey Zaslow.
Pausch's life was full of many accomplishments, but not without road blocks. Each chapter discusses one lesson of each accomplishment within his life. Going into this reading I thought what could he really teach me? What could I really take away from this book?
Surprisingly I walked away with many of my own personal situations put into perspective suddenly. While everyone has a past, some parts of our past can be painful, confusing and downright dirty. Pausch reminded me never to dwell on the pain, but to allow myself time to heal as well.
At this point in my life I truly needed to read, see and understand that lesson, what better way than to hear it from a dying man?
At the end of the book I found myself pulling out bucket list. Some of the stupidest things are listed on there, things that people do every day of their lives, so I decided to edit the list and make it into the top things I want to accomplish with my life. As Pausch states I may never fully reach those goals, the lessons from attempting to reach them are the biggest gift.
Pausch unfortunately passed away leaving a legacy of lessons behind for his children; something that I hope to someday be able to apply towards the love and nurturing of my own children.
Over all my expectations for the book where zero, just something everyone else read and talked about, what I walked away from with this book was a better understand of situations in my own life and the expectations for it. I recommend this book whole heartedly, if anything to find some type of understanding during a difficult time within your life.
Pausch passed away July 25, 2008.
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