On living life "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." - Steve Jobs, Commencement Stanford 2005
There are a lot of ways to look at this, we can take the the quote, interpret, misinterpret, do as we like. What I like about this particular quote is the word "trust". I see his thought reflecting on my worldview to say "trust what is happening today, it will all mean something tomorrow". In Jeremiah 29:11 the Bible says "For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, Plans to give you a future and a hope" Don't live each day in fear, do what you love, maybe it will not make sense, but in the end we can look back and connect the dots and find the sense in all the madness. Greatness is out there for you, me and everyone we touch everyday. We just have to get up and take a hold of it.
If you never had the chance to see it, I recommend taking the time to check out Steve Jobs commencement address, you can find it on You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc
He had three main points... with my added comments...
1. Connect the Dots (Life will work out and make sense later)
2. Love and Loss (we will have this, embrace it)
3. Death (it is certain, embrace life with this in mind)
Check it out, and thank you for reading my meandering thoughts!!!!
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