When icons go to heaven

Steve Sorensen //November 2, 2011//

When icons go to heaven

Steve Sorensen //November 2, 2011//

Steve Jobs was one man who made a difference and left the world better than he found it. Now’s a great time to ask the question – am I making a difference within my own life right now? If not now, when?

He lived his life, his way and created a better world from his imagination. And for all the accolades bestowed and the wonderful things said and accomplished it’s the man’s courage that I revere. Not only in his fight to beat an unbeatable advisory, but to stand solid within his conviction, to be the catalyst for humankind to look at things differently, by having the courage to be different.

Some thoughts:

1. One person really can make a difference. (Be the change you wish to see in the world, Gandhi) How’s your life plan, are you making a difference. Is it time to become the person you know that hiding in there…somewhere.

2. Rest assured mistakes will come, but the difference is what we give of ourselves after. (The biggest mistake you could ever make is being to afraid to make one.)

3. Persistence can be a dark path unless you have the light of your dream to guide. (When you want something you’ve never had you have to do something you’ve never done.)

4. What’s normal? Accepting someone’s definition of normal is a tie that binds. (You were born an original, don’t die a copy) (You never leave where you are until you decide where you’d rather be.) (Take time out to do something ridiculous.) The road less traveled made all the difference, Frost.

5. Are you curious? Innovation comes from replacing the fear of the unknown with curiosity. The greatest minds today and throughout history are driven by curiosity. Curiosity is the soul’s fire. If you’re down to an ember, strive to rekindle. Begin by laughing about how ridiculous life can be and the homage we pay to things that are worthless.

Lastly, nothing could be more fitting or eloquent a tribute to Steve Jobs than the eulogy Edward Kennedy gave upon the death of his brother Robert.

“The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of new ideas and bold projects. Rather it will belong to those who can blend vision, reason and courage in a personal commitment to the ideals and great enterprises of American Society.

“Our future may lie beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control. It is the shaping impulse of America that neither fate nor nature nor the irresistible tides of history, but the work of our own hands, matched to reason and principle that will determine our destiny. There is a pride in that, even arrogance, but there is also experience and truth. In any event, it is the only way we can live.

“That is the way he lived. That is what he leaves us.”
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