The Last LEcture #2

After finishing the book, I have new found respect for Randy Pausch. He is an inspiration and truly is an amazing person. The book continued, and the reader began to read the actual lecture. I couldn't believe how good the lecture was. He covered so many deep points in a small amount of time and pages it was incredible. The lecture really made the reader understand how much of an effort Randy made when he was still alive to compensate for him being ill. He knew he would leave his family with a huge hole when he passed away. He also knew he only had a five percent or less chance of staying alive. In his book, he talked about how he wished he could be there for his kids and get to know them, but he knew he most likely wouldn't be able to. He also said he wanted to leave his kids with this lecture, so they could read it and partially get to know who he really was. Randy wasn't afraid to talk about anything during his lecture. He confronted everything no matter how good or bad the information was. There was one part of the book I loved where he shared some advice his father had once giving him. The advice was something similar to "If there is an elephant in the room, the sooner it is out in the open, the better." I loved that piece of advice because it is so true. The faster something negative or bad gets out, the better. At the beginning of his lecture, he flat out told the crowd he was battling cancer. I loved that about him. He wasn't afraid to share negative information with people, and didn't let talking about it get him down. The last section of the book was a bunch of little quotes and advice Randy had for his readers. I thought this section was especially useful. He had some great advice to give that could potentially bennefit any individual. After I was done reading it, I discussed it with my mom. Our whole family read the book over break. I learned the author had eventually died. I couldn't help but feel sad. I thought his book was amazing and it caused me to look deep within myself and realize I need to think about other people's feelings more often.