Randy Paush is a remarkable husband and father of 3 children.  He faced a death sentence from pancreatic cancer with incredible courage.  He immerged  quickly from self pity to self triumph.  The doctors gave him less than 6 months of good health.  He beat all estimates, He lived well, and He died well.  He saved the best for last in talk that has been heard around the world

I am amazed at what one can be accomplished in a short time.  Randy became armed with the wisdom that he was going to die and changed the world in less that a year.  He was only a father for 7 short years but learned quickly as a father you blaze a trail for all who follow.  He gave his “last lecture” for his kids.  He becomes our first legendary member in the extraordinary league.

How long we live shouldn’t be all that matters,  We are all terminal.   Start Living like your Dying.   Like the tip?  Keep the change!

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Our goal should be to keep improving ourselves, rather than “being the best.”Someone who feels the need to be “the best” should ask himself, “Why do I really have to be better than others? What is so awful if someone else is better than me in any given area?”  People who feel the need to be “the best” often suffer much anxiety. They frequently tell themselves, “If I am not the best, then I am a failure. I am nothing.”There is no basis for this. In ultimate terms, no human can really say who is best. Comparing yourself to anyone else is arbitrary — so why cause yourself misery by doing so?

(Gateway to Happiness, p.130)  Rabbi Zelig Pliskin

The Talmud is right. If you lose at competition, walk away singing.  

Today I shall …
… try to develop an attitude of acceptance when I lose in competition

 Stop All Work Until – 

Our Lord, grant us that wonderful inward Peace. 

My children that Peace does truly pass all understanding. That Peace no man taketh from you. No man has the power to disturb that Peace, but you yourselves can let the world and its worries and distractions in. 

You can give the entrance to fears and despondency. You can open the door to the robber who breaks in upon, and destroys, your peace. 

Set yourselves this task to allow nothing to disturb your peace, your heart calm with Me. Stop all work, stop all intercourse with others — until this is restored. Do not let those about you spoil your peace of heart and mind. Do not let anyone without, any trouble, any irritation, any adversity, disturb it for one moment. 

Look on each difficulty as training to enable you to acquire this peace. Every work, every interruption — set yourself to see that none of it touches the harmony of the real you, that is hid with Me in the Secret Place of the Father.

Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. Psalm 119:165

   Now what?

I remember, wait… I get to decide who I will be.. 4 different babies. or Men?

One who is easily angered and easily appeased–his virtue cancels his flaw. He is a boor.  

One whom it is difficult to anger and difficult to appease–his flaw cancels his virtue.

One whom it is difficult to anger and is easily appeased, this is an Extraordinary Father.

One who is easily angered and is difficult to appease, he is a jerk or wicked.    

I’ve been all 4.  adapted from Ethics of our Fathers

I am teaching you  My Way of removing mountains. The way to remove mountains is the way of Praise. When a trouble comes think of all you have to be thankful for.

Praise, praise, praise. 

Say “Thank you” all the time. This is the remover of mountains, your thankful hearts that praise. 

David said.

I will praise thee with my whole heart; before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. Psalm 138:1  

from two listeners.

So many unhappy Heros these days.  New summer blockbuster Will Smith’s character Hancock makes my point.   July 4th weekend firecarackers, picnics, apple pie and now Will Smith making a disappointing 68 million.  2nd largest opening ever after I am Legend.  According to Yahoo.  

If Super Heroes can’t be Happy.. is there any hope for us mortals?

I caught some great lines on TV’s Heroes DVD are summertime addictive programing.  I got ahold of actual script.  If your kids haven’t begged you to see it they will..

This scene is between a young politician and One of his older wealthiest wisest contributers.  Nathan is planning on killing him not before some extra-ordinary fatherly wisdom…check this out the grey headed character 

MR. LINDERMAN I think that most people eat when they’re happy. I like to see people happy. Are you happy, Nathan?

NATHAN: Not especially. I guess I have a few issues that plague me.

Mr. Lidderman .Oh, dear, I’m sorry to hear that. You see, I think there comes a time when a man has to ask himself whether he wants a life of happiness or a life of meaning.

NATHAN: I’d like to have both.

(Linderman chuckles and shakes his head.)

MR. LINDERMAN: It can’t be done. Two very different paths. I mean, to be truly happy a man must live absolutely in the present, and with no thought of what’s gone before, and no thought of what lies ahead. But a life of meaning, a man is condemned to wallow in the past, and obsess about the future. My guess is that you’ve done quite a bit of obsessing about yours these last few days.

(Nathan takes the gun out of his pocket.)  He was planning on using on these sage. He knows what he is talking about or does he?.  Words of truth are more powerful than any weapon it leaves one cut in two.

I guess he’s accomplished something I seem to be failing at…Getting my kids away from all the TV cable addictive programing his company continues to make.

Yea My first Post!! July 7th