differences.

One of my favorite books is called the Last Lecture, it's written by Randy Pausch. He was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. It is a truly amazing book about life and achieving childhood dreams. I first read it a few years ago after it was first released and I read it again early last year. I am beginning to read it for a third time now. The book received its name because of Professor Pausch finding out he was dying from cancer, he was devastated. Living a normal life, still young and with a loving family, he realized he only had a few months to live, so he started to prepare his last lecture to all of his family, friends, and students. He wanted this to be a special occasion, and not a sad one. With the thought of his young kids not being able to remember him as they grew, he wanted this book and lecture to guide them in life and hold as a memory of him. I enjoy this book a lot because I often take life for granted. One of my favorite quotes from the book is when Pausch says, "No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse." It's now 2014, another year in the books and a new one up ahead. Graduation is now months away, I'm nervous, but ready to see what this one will have in store. Sometimes I forget about what's up the road and only stop to realize what's right in front of me at the time. Life is full of interesting things and people, I think that taking the time and finding them is important.