Though many commentators and men and women of very high stature have written or spoken far more eloquently than I ever could about the life and impact of Steve Jobs, the founder and CEO of Apple Inc., I felt one particular observation of his was very noteworthy.
One could easily focus on the incredible creativity, drive, passion for excellence and pioneering spirit that Mr. Jobs evidenced throughout his career. (By the age of 25, he was already estimated to have a net worth of $100,000,000.)
However, what jumped out at me in recent days was the speech he gave at Stanford University, his alma mater, when he was speaking about the reality of the finiteness of life.
I'll only paraphrase this, and I would urge you to perhaps read his entire message which you can easily find online, but knowing that his time was limited and destined to come to an end far more soon than he had hoped he simply said that "seeing life through the eyes of our physical limitations and certainty of the death that we all face, we will live differently.
Again, this is just a paraphrase but the gist of his discovery was that there is a reality that exceeds whatever patents, designs, creativity and wealth that comes with all these gifts and that reality is the level playing field that we all must face: there's something more that should affect how we live the one life we've been given.
We'll miss Steve Jobs and the incredible ways that he brought technology to help us all move through life differently, but let's also remember the wisdom of his own discovery before we must face it ourselves.
Have a beautiful weekend.
Blessings,
Dr. Jay
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