{"id":67,"date":"2008-07-28T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T12:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psolis.com\/dreamscapes\/?p=67"},"modified":"2008-07-28T12:07:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T12:07:00","slug":"my-goodbyes-to-randy-pausch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/psolis.com\/dreamscapes\/2008\/07\/my-goodbyes-to-randy-pausch\/","title":{"rendered":"My Goodbyes to Randy Pausch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 25th, Randy Pausch past away <a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/goodbye-to-randy-pausch-great-teacher.html\">(See Official Google Blog: Goodbye to Randy Pausch, a great teacher).<\/a> My deepest sympathies go out to his family. I personally did not know him, but his Last Lecture touched my heart &#038; left a lasting impression on me. <\/p>\n<p>What would I do if this moment was my last? How would I live my life knowing that I am going to die? Would I sit here pissed off at the world &#038; at God; would I be feeling sorry for myself; or would I have the courage to make a difference before I go?<\/p>\n<p>See that is the BIG question in life &#8220;what difference do I make in this world?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Well I can tell you that after watching Randy&#8217;s Last Lecture I know I have the courage to make a difference now! The first time I watched his video I found myself just so amazed at how &#8211; in the face of his own inevitable death &#8211; he faced his own Goliath head on. <\/p>\n<p>As his lecture states, he did this so that he can leave behind a legacy that his family can be proud of. Well Randy you did good by your family and I want to thank you for sharing yourself with me. I am forever changed by who you were. You have left behind a legacy that has touched the world.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ji5_MqicxSo?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=1&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Randy Pausch&#8217;s famous lecture at Carnegie Melon University entitled the &#8220;Last Lecture.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>This lecture was amazingly uplifting. A truly inspiring reaction to getting the news that you are dying.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nOn July 25th, Randy Pausch past away (See Official Google Blog: Goodbye to Randy Pausch, a great teacher). My deepest&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/psolis.com\/dreamscapes\/2008\/07\/my-goodbyes-to-randy-pausch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;My Goodbyes to Randy Pausch&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19,6,17],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-death","tag-inspiring","tag-video","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/psolis.com\/dreamscapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/psolis.com\/dreamscapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/psolis.com\/dreamscapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/psolis.com\/dreamscapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/psolis.com\/dreamscapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/psolis.com\/dreamscapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/psolis.com\/dreamscapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/psolis.com\/dreamscapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/psolis.com\/dreamscapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}