I watched this video today and then found out that Professor Pausch has passed after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.

I finally watched it because I remembered Michelle Malkin’s post about having read his book and bawling her eyes out on a plane.

What was inspiring to me –where I am in my life right now…was “fun” - how everything must be fun…what you do must be fun…and how he inspired the virtual reality students; something I’ve always been searching for a way to do (blend art with science and take on a big challenge).

Very bright, funny, witty, brilliant.

I’ve always thought that helping others to achieve their dreams are what adult people do, rather than spend their time tearing people apart because they’re afraid or threatened. Hopefully I’ve played a part in helping people to do that in their lives; during a time when I could lent a hand, say a kind word, given encouragement, etc.

His message deserves hearing over and over again; there is so much in there that we’re bound to pick up different points at different times in our lives.

May God bless his wife and children and everyone else who loved him and whose lives he touched.