碧玉小家

前些日子看了"最後的演講"這本書，a very inspirig book.

他真是一個很好的role model,給了我許多啟發--as a teacher and a mother.

在追求自己的夢想之外，如果能幫助別人實現夢想是一件更棒的事。

今天在Youtube上把他的演講完整看完，即便他將走到生命的終點，

他卻完全沒有癌末的虛弱或悲情；相反的，整場演講都是神采奕奕、風趣幽默的，

卻在他最後一句話說出來的瞬間，我流下眼淚了,

"This talk wasn't for you guys. It was for my children."

可憐天下父母心!

為人父母總放心不下自己的孩子，尤其是他的三個小孩都如此年幼，

用這樣特別的方式，留下他的愛，他的風範給他的孩子，或許也只有他能辦到吧!

摘錄幾句有意思的話，原文照錄:

• Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
• Wait long enough, and people wil surprise and impress you.
• Loyalty is a two-way street.
• Be repared: "luck" is where peparation meets opportunity.
• We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.
• The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!
• When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.
• The best gift an educator can give is to get someone to become self reflective.
• Apologize when you screw up.
• If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, "tell the truth." If I got three more words, I'd add: "All the time."