"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new." Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford Commencement Address.
Your family and close friends, to say nothing of your Apple family, and the family of Apple supporters around the world were not ready for you to be "cleared out" - so way before your time.
Steve made a difference - one that impacted the world we live in far beyond products, or apps or animated movies. He put in people's hands the means to communicate and make a difference which multiplied exponentially the difference he himself made.
The outpouring of love and appreciation for Steve will, I hope, be some small comfort to his family. It is evidence he lived his advice to the Stanford class of 2005, " Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
President Obama got it right when he said, "The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented."
Your family and close friends, to say nothing of your Apple family, and the family of Apple supporters around the world were not ready for you to be "cleared out" - so way before your time.
Steve made a difference - one that impacted the world we live in far beyond products, or apps or animated movies. He put in people's hands the means to communicate and make a difference which multiplied exponentially the difference he himself made.
The outpouring of love and appreciation for Steve will, I hope, be some small comfort to his family. It is evidence he lived his advice to the Stanford class of 2005, " Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
