Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
This quote from Steve has been hanging on our fridge for several years. It very well may have been instrumental in me finding the courage to follow my heart and bring my horse home. You fought a courageous battle against an enemy so vile. Your battle is done, Steve, and you made the world an amazing place.
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Kathleen, that really is a great Jobs quote. & he’s right. Sometimes it takes the reality of death (or pending death) to make a person focus on finally, after all this time, to “follow their bliss”. I hope that, eventually, we’ll be able to follow our bliss without having to be focused by death…