Age : 37 Joined : 24 Jan 2007 Posts : 1133 Location: : Connecticut
Subject: Last Lecture Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:06 pm
Normally I'm not a big Oprah fan but this is worth the watch.
_________________ "Enjoy every sandwich" ~ Warren Zevon
Helium
Joined : 14 Sep 2007 Posts : 436 Location: : Toronto
Subject: Re: Last Lecture Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:02 pm
Pretty touching, tugs at the ole' heart strings.
Uriah
Age : 34 Joined : 11 Oct 2007 Posts : 286 Location: : Tucson, AZ
Subject: Re: Last Lecture Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:28 pm
Normally I wouldn't pass up any attempt to make fun of Oprah and her mawkish cyborg propaganda.
But damn, that was pretty heavy - great video. _________________ “It’s time, we gave something back to the natural systems of order that have supported us, some care and tenderness, which is the most operative notion, I think – tenderness. Our isolations are gone, in the West and everywhere. We need to give some time to the arts of cherishing things we adore, before they simply vanish. Maybe it will be like learning a skill: how to live in paradise” ~ William Kittredge
Subject: Re: Last Lecture Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:28 am
Very courageous.
At the end I had two questions: I know I would want to do what he did when the time came, but could I? And at what age would I, or anyone, reach the point where few if any would listen?