Powerful Life Lessons From this Inspiring Professor -- Who is Dying of Cancer

This morning I went on Wall Street Journal website to find out the narrative of the last video lecture of the professor Randy Carnegie. This lecture really touched me.
Universities across the United States are increasingly asking their professors to think deeply about what really matters in life -- and give hypothetical “last lectures.”But for Professor Randy Pausch of Carnegie-Mellon University, the lecture is not hypothetical, it’s reality.At the time of this video, Pausch was battling pancreatic cancer, and expected to only live for another few weeks. Yet his words on how to achieve your childhood dreams sound as though they’re coming from someone who is on top of the world."If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be," said Pausch, "Sorry to disappoint you."The video that follows is filled with some of Pausch’s most poignant reminders of how to live out your dreams to the fullest.

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My favorite quotes from the video:
"Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things. They are there to stop other people."
"If the kids want to paint their bedroom let it do it. Do not worry about resale value of your house."
And my very favorite one: " IT IS NOT HOW YOU ACHIVE YOUR DREAMS IT IS HOW YOU LEAD YOUR LIFE. IF YOU LEAD YOUR LIFE THE RIGHT WAY THE DREAMS WILL COME TO YOU."