Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to give to others, share good fortune with the less fortunate and pass on a little garnered "girl wisdom" to young granddaughters who will be the next generation's women to lead the world and give birth to the generation that follows.
On Thanksgiving Day after the turkey but before the pie, we played Steve Jobs' Stanford Commencement Speech for a roomful of relatives ranging in age from ten months to sixty-something. Mr. Jobs talks about doing what you love, finding your passion and living your own life. He advised the fresh faced graduates to mold a life filled with passion, fulfillment and giving back. According to Steve Jobs, and I concur, recognizing this intended life is like all matters of the heart, you'll know it when you find it, and until then keep searching.
The commencement speech is gender free, as it should be, and it applies equally to male and female members of the world, old as well as young, rich and the not-so-rich. It is one of the big challenges in life this pursuit of happiness spoken of by our forefathers and desired for our granddaughters and grandsons. The best example we can set is to, in the words of Steve Jobs, "Stay hungry. Stay foolish."
2 comments:
I love his commencement address. So inspiring and I love how he connects everything he says with real examples.
Maria - He connects with his audience in an almost effortless manner.
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