Hi All That was a beautiful story Ronni. Helps us all understand your passion I would like to believe he looking down at us all smiling from the iClouds.
This bought a tear to my eye http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/05/steve-jobs-narrates-the-first-think-different-commercial-heres-to-the-crazy-ones/ kind regards Pedro On 06/10/2011, at 12:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > A very sad day. Steve Jobs will be remembered as a truly great man for many > reasons. > > He was particularly inspirational and gave me the motivation I needed when I > viewed and listened to his 'Stanford University’s 114th Commencement on June > 12, 2005’ speech. > > It was my Birthday; and I had returned home from Hospital after another > operation for my battle with cancer, which had recurred after years of > remission, and losing my husband to cancer in 2003. > My prognosis was not the best and I was trying to come to terms with it, and > learn how to deal with it and move forward; this time without the support of > my darling husband. > > I can not remember how I came across the Video Speech, but to this day I > remember Steve Jobs words; > > “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith… You’ve > got to find what you love.” > > All of Steve’s speech was inspirational, but these particular words motivated > me beyond belief. > I decided to change my life ... 'take on' Cancer again and beat it, and since > I had lost one love, find what I love doing and learn to do it to the best of > my ability. > I knew I loved Macs and everything to do with Apple, but I had never had the > time to really pursue this passion. > Well, the rest is history, I threw my energies into ‘living with cancer' and > doing something I really love … working with Macs and anything Apple. > > I still have the Video Speech and watched it again this morning after hearing > the sad news of Steve losing his battle with cancer. > Steve you were, and always will be an inspiration to me … Rest In Peace! > > Kind Regards, > > Ronni > > > > > On 06/10/2011, at 11:05 AM, Darrel McGuiness wrote: > >> Condolence to all, >> >> See a brilliant video of 3 phases of Steves' life; by Steve himself. >> >> Various ways of seeing this:- just google Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford >> commencement address. >> >> Regards >> >> Darrel > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> 15" MacBookPro 2.66 GHz Core i7 4 GB/1067 MHz 500GB OS X 10.7.1 Lion -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
