This week we had the wonderful experience of listening to Randy Pausch's Last Lecture. I have watched it before many years ago, but watching it again in the context of this course I was able to gain new insights from his experiences.
It was amazing to hear of the opportunities that Randy was able to come across in his relatively short life. One of the biggest things that stood out to me is the amount of times he failed in his original path. He did not have an easy road to get the the achievement of his goals. I really liked when he talked about how you just keep going until you find a way. This is something I have always struggled with. If something does not work out, I feel defeated and I tend to give up. When you look at other people, you assume that they are just smarter or better at everything and that is why they are gaining these opportunities. I am beginning to understand that it is less about being smarter or better, and more about being willing to keep at a task after everyone else has quit.
Are dreams important? I think they are! I feel like I have been living my dream. Growing up, I always wanted to be a wife and a mother. It is something that I have loved and found a lot of contentment with. As my kids have grown, I have realized that I need to discover some new dreams for myself because like it or not, my life situation is continually changing and the dream I have been living is going to be a memory in the coming years. I was inspired by the ideas that Randy shared and I think that as I am looking to the future, I can allow myself to have big dreams again and work to accomplish them. I think that dreams are the things that keep you going through the tough and mundane. For instance, this week has been difficult. I spent most of the week driving to Idaho to get to my uncle's funeral. That left me scrambling to finish my work when I got home. I do not like to do assignments last minute and have turned in everything this week at the wire. It was getting upset and felt like giving up. My husband took me aside and reminded me of my dreams and goals for the future. Last night he told me that all of these challenges are going to make realizing my dreams so much sweeter in the end, and I really believe that.
As I discussed above, I feel like I have been living my childhood dream. I feel like I am currently living the life I have always wanted. It can be difficult to achieve a big dream because with the changes that are always happening in life, you have to keep on dreaming and working toward new things. I think that like Randy talked about, some of our childhood dreams are not going to be fulfilled like playing in the NFL when we are not exactly physically cut out for it. When I was a child I wanted to be a nurse, but I discovered after taking CNA classes and working in a nursing facility, that I hated that line of work. We can come to realize that our dreams are not exactly all they are cracked up to be, and change course and that is okay.
I think that the material from this week has helped me to better focus on what I do want to do. I also feel like what I have learned this week has helped me to recommit to my goals and be willing to put in the work, even when it is difficult and seldom works out exactly as planned. I think that Randy taught us about that with his ability to be okay with the fact that his life was ending and be satisfied with what he had done to that point. He was happy with the legacy he left for his family and I think that I needed to learn that lesson at this exact point in my life.
It was amazing to hear of the opportunities that Randy was able to come across in his relatively short life. One of the biggest things that stood out to me is the amount of times he failed in his original path. He did not have an easy road to get the the achievement of his goals. I really liked when he talked about how you just keep going until you find a way. This is something I have always struggled with. If something does not work out, I feel defeated and I tend to give up. When you look at other people, you assume that they are just smarter or better at everything and that is why they are gaining these opportunities. I am beginning to understand that it is less about being smarter or better, and more about being willing to keep at a task after everyone else has quit.
Are dreams important? I think they are! I feel like I have been living my dream. Growing up, I always wanted to be a wife and a mother. It is something that I have loved and found a lot of contentment with. As my kids have grown, I have realized that I need to discover some new dreams for myself because like it or not, my life situation is continually changing and the dream I have been living is going to be a memory in the coming years. I was inspired by the ideas that Randy shared and I think that as I am looking to the future, I can allow myself to have big dreams again and work to accomplish them. I think that dreams are the things that keep you going through the tough and mundane. For instance, this week has been difficult. I spent most of the week driving to Idaho to get to my uncle's funeral. That left me scrambling to finish my work when I got home. I do not like to do assignments last minute and have turned in everything this week at the wire. It was getting upset and felt like giving up. My husband took me aside and reminded me of my dreams and goals for the future. Last night he told me that all of these challenges are going to make realizing my dreams so much sweeter in the end, and I really believe that.
As I discussed above, I feel like I have been living my childhood dream. I feel like I am currently living the life I have always wanted. It can be difficult to achieve a big dream because with the changes that are always happening in life, you have to keep on dreaming and working toward new things. I think that like Randy talked about, some of our childhood dreams are not going to be fulfilled like playing in the NFL when we are not exactly physically cut out for it. When I was a child I wanted to be a nurse, but I discovered after taking CNA classes and working in a nursing facility, that I hated that line of work. We can come to realize that our dreams are not exactly all they are cracked up to be, and change course and that is okay.
I think that the material from this week has helped me to better focus on what I do want to do. I also feel like what I have learned this week has helped me to recommit to my goals and be willing to put in the work, even when it is difficult and seldom works out exactly as planned. I think that Randy taught us about that with his ability to be okay with the fact that his life was ending and be satisfied with what he had done to that point. He was happy with the legacy he left for his family and I think that I needed to learn that lesson at this exact point in my life.
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