The Last Lecture

  “It is not about how to achieve your dreams, it is about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.” This is one of my favorite quotes from a world famous speech, The Last Lecture, given by Randy Pausch. This speech talked about how to lead your own life. The most amazing part of this speech was the reflective lessons that Randy had shared in his speech. His experiences have helped me find out who I really am and what I really want.

  What an inspiring man! That was my first impression of Randy Pausch. He had strongly touched me through his persuasive speech. I cannot believe that he was a man with cancer at that time; he had an extremely positive attitude toward life; and he spoke confidentially, and energetically.

  Randy Pausch talked a lot about his childhood dreams. He wanted to live in Zero Gravity, play in the NFL, and be a Disney imaginer. When he found an opportunity to be in the Zero Gravity, he hit a brick wall. That was one of my favorite lessons in his speech, the brick wall. It has encouraged me to be fearless and brave. Brick wall is something that shows how badly we want something. Many people have tended to give up after hitting a brick wall. However, people can achieve their goals and become successful only if they overcome their brick walls. We should pay more efforts instead of complaining. As an example in my real life, I have been a dancer for almost seven years; and I really enjoy it a lot. However, my first dancing competition did not end with a good result. That really hurt me; I had never felt that disappointed before. So, it became my brick wall at that time; but soon, I noticed that I had to get over it. I began pay more efforts in my dancing classes, and I made a more specific plan for practicing. At that time, I comforted myself that failure could not prove you a loser; failure gave you opportunities to improve. With that faith, I finally overcame my brick wall.

  We all have dreams, but how many can we actually achieve in our whole lifetime? No one knows. All things in the universe are unpredictable, and people definitely can’t control it. So, let us try our best to overcome the things that block our way, or our brick walls; and never give up on the way to achieve our dreams.