The Last Lecture

A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to Pastor Jake, the senior pastor at my church. He had just read a book that he recommended. It was The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Maybe you've heard of it.



I read through it in just a couple of days. Wow. It was a powerful book. I was really touched by it -- especially the last chapter. Pausch, at the time of the writing of the book, was diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer. The book came out of a "last lecture" that he was asked to give at Carnegie-Mellon where he was a professor. Only this hypothetical "last lecture" would really be just that. In this lecture, he recounts what was most important in his life looking back, and why he chose to live his life like he did.

I read just now that Randy died today.

I recommend that every guy read his book. It will help you remember what the real priorities should be in your life.

"And now I have a word for you who brashly announce, 'Today—at the latest, tomorrow—we're off to such and such a city for the year. We're going to start a business and make a lot of money.' You don't know the first thing about tomorrow. You're nothing but a wisp of fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing. Instead, make it a habit to say, 'If the Master wills it and we're still alive, we'll do this or that.'" the Apostle James