Lately a lot of inspirational movies and (virtual) people seem to be coming my way. Which got me to thinking how I seldom designate anyone as my hero. Anthony Robbins (amongst others) have recommended that it is helpful for us to have heroes - people we truly admire who, even if we do not know them, still act as a guiding light, a model, of how to live (and succeed) in our own lives.
Everyone once in a while, I get truly inspired by someone I see in a movie or read about. But not everyone resonates with me. Sometimes I come across someone who seems truly inspirational, but who does not move me. Yet I know he/she moves others and changes lives. That must be because they each have different messages, and/or ways of passing on those messages, to specific peoples - at specific times.
So here on this page are "heroes" I have been fortunate enough to come across. When you find this page, it is a sign for you. It is a sign that somewhere on this page, someone featured here, might be holding out to you, the message you are looking for.
Remember that the message is there whether you know me or not. Remember that the message may be a "sleeper" ... that it's true or full impact may be in a little while from now or in years. But it nonetheless, remains a message you are to have/carry/use/pass on.
Namaste नमस्ते
Randy Pausch - Last Lectureadded 15 Oct 2011
Last night, thanks to an email from TED, I accidentally stumbled on Randy Pausch. "Accidentally stumbled" coz the TED email brought me to some speakers on "beauty" and those didn't hold my interest and I started wandering around TED site (instead of doing what I meant to do - i.e. go to bed) and I did a search on "depression". And of all things, "depression" was the furthest thing from Randy that any emotion could have been.
I never heard of Randy Pausch before. He because phenomenally world wide famous (though he was already phenomenal without that recognition) in 2007 - in his "Last Lecture" lecture at his beloved Carnegie-Mellon University. And the video of his "Last Lecture" went viral and Randy became an international name and timeless inspiration. He was, at the time of his unsought for explosion into stardom, already dying of pancreatic cancer. And the paradox of it all - (and this gets me coz I am a believer and lover/hater of paradox) - it was his ALIVENESS and his unavoidable approaching death that "made" him on the world stage, so to speak.
How did God make such awesome people?
RIP Randy Pausch (Oct 23, 1960 - 25 Jul, 2008)
added: 5 oct 2011 Nick Vujicic - No Arms No Legs No WorriesThis inspirational man is Nick Vujicic.
You can read much more about him at his site: Attitude is Altitude
This is truly one of the most touching vids I have seen. It made my Petey cry (which is no great accomplisment). And he even thanked me for sharing this with him (which has never happened before!)
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