"IF TODAY WERE THE LAST DAY OF YOUR LIFE, WOULD YOU WANTO TO DO WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO TODAY?"
Steve Jobs Quote about Death |
This is very strong quote by Steve Jobs and I would confess that it pinched me, and it would not be exaggeration if I say that it turned my thoughts upside down. Imagine being alive for very brief moment or someday you get to know that it's going to be the last day of your life, would you really follow the routine life? Ask yourself, really you will get up and go to your daily tasks or jobs or study or whatever you do; would you really continue to do it? I don't think so. At least in my case, I would never be going to do my routine tasks.
Let's first think about the quotation itself and try to understand motive of Steve Jobs behind this quotation here. Steve Jobs was suffering from Pancreatic Cancer, and he knew it very well that he was about to die soon. If we keep this factor in mind, then it would be very easy to understand this quotation. He knew that he was dying, and he kept on working on his dream "Apple". It is a universal truth that if someone is about to die, he/she would lose interest in all daily routine works and start doing the most essential things which he/she always wanted to do.
The Lesson
Lesson learnt from this quotation is very simple to understand but very difficult to implement at the same time. It is a universal truth that "We Live Once" and we also know the fact that if we do what makes us happy would make our lives easier and happier but at the same time, we look around us, we look the people, their successes and achievements and try to be someone which is praised, appreciated and loved by the people around us. This sometimes deviates from goals which make us happy. Very few of the people are lucky enough to like what they do for living. We need to understand whether we have to look successful and happier, or we really need to become happy and chose our path of life accordingly. I hope this entangled discussion would bring you to some conclusion. I always welcome comments and suggestions.
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