Like many, I did not know of Randy Pauch before "Last Lecture" fame. I was inspired by his enthusiasm for life & determination to live each day pursuing his priorities. There are two quotes I associated with him since the first time I viewed the tape:
Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out........ Oliver Wendell Holmes
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years....... Abraham Lincoln
Randy Pauch played his music loudly. He lived in the moment and had a zest for life even before he he learned he would not live to be old. His years were filled with life. And his enjoyment of life, devotion to family and love for his work, made an astonishing impact on everyone who knew him.
May the Good Lord comfort Jai, their children and his mother.