His speech is really appropriate for me especially at this moment in my life. I've been fretting about what I might spend my future doing. I know I should be choosing a career path that will give me a stable job and a sustainable income, but that type of job implies banality. At the same time, having an exciting and fulfilling job is usually hard to earn a good living with, and most of those jobs are volatile and liable to change.
I know there is probably a middle ground between these, but that doesn't make the future any less scary. What's pushing me more toward receding into the stable lifestyle -- despite the countless times I've heard that loss and failure are inevitable parts of life -- is pretty much.. the fear of loss and failure. That's why listening to Steve Jobs' speech drew me in so deeply. Before he became the successful man he was, he grew up with a very unconventional life and went through quite an amount of crap.
My brother told us Jobs' story during Christmas dinner last year but I didn't think much of it back then. I just wanted to eat and talk about the possible family trip to China. I can't believe that up until now I've been missing out on this man's inspiring story. Or in this video, three stories: connecting the dots, love and loss, and death.
My favourite part of the speech was:
"Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."
-- Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
Rest in peace.
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