November 21, 2007 8:51 PM

Thanksgiving thought - we all need to dream
Posted by Diane Danielsonat 8:51 PM

If you do one thing this holiday, you should watch this "last lecture" from Professor Randy Pausch at Carnegie Mellon.  You see, Professor Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given 6 months to live.  And, what does he do?  He delivers one of the best lectures about how to live your life that I've ever heard.  Visit the New York Times website to watch the video, but here's a still of the talk outline.

Click here to watch the whole thing.

Don't worry, you'll laugh more than you cry; so grab a cup of coffee, chardonnay or a beer and instead of watching another dumb reality show, watch a smart reality show and learn something from someone else's all too short life.  It's hard to imagine that this guy has only a few months, but he's making the most of it.  I could only hope that I would find the strength to do the same.

For updates on how he's doing and more about this amazing professor, visit his webpage at:  http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/

What I found most amusing was when he pulled on his letterman's jacket near the end of the lecture and it was from my rival high school, Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, MD.  So from this Wilde Lake Wildcat to an Oakland Mills Scorpian, I'd like to say, "this time I'm rooting for you, Randy."