It is not often that we are asked to consider the value of our own lives. When Steve Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003, he had no choice but to face his own mortality.
Doctors told him it was an incurable form of cancer, and that his days on Earth were now limited. During Jobs’s 2005 commencement address at Stanford University, he commented that this was the closest he had ever come to facing death. Fortunately, during a biopsy later on it was discovered that the pancreatic cancer was a very rare type that could be cured through surgery.
Jobs came out of this experience with an appreciation for death, embracing it as a destination that all of us share. I personally agree with Jobs’ attitude towards life.
Ironically, Steve Jobs actually died of …show more content…
Rather than viewing death as an intellectual concept, he adopted a much more realistic perspective. I believe that even though Jobs believed he had beaten the pancreatic cancer at the time of his commencement address, this new outlook resonated with him until the day he finally died.
Jobs’ optimism is very similar to Roger Ebert’s outlook on life as he too came close to death. During an interview, Ebert made the comment, “I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because i believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear”. In my opinion, what Ebert is trying to say here is that he has no reason to fear what death may hold, because he was content before he was born. Before life, we know and fear nothing because we have yet to exist. It makes sense that it would not be any different after death. Both Steve Jobs and Roger Ebert made great contributions to society, impacting the way we think and helping our culture to grow. In fact, both of their legacies continue to influence the world today. Ebert also exemplified the importance of sharing and creating with others as he said, “I believe that if… we have done something to make others a little happier, that is the best we can
Doctors told him it was an incurable form of cancer, and that his days on Earth were now limited. During Jobs’s 2005 commencement address at Stanford University, he commented that this was the closest he had ever come to facing death. Fortunately, during a biopsy later on it was discovered that the pancreatic cancer was a very rare type that could be cured through surgery.
Jobs came out of this experience with an appreciation for death, embracing it as a destination that all of us share. I personally agree with Jobs’ attitude towards life.
Ironically, Steve Jobs actually died of …show more content…
Rather than viewing death as an intellectual concept, he adopted a much more realistic perspective. I believe that even though Jobs believed he had beaten the pancreatic cancer at the time of his commencement address, this new outlook resonated with him until the day he finally died.
Jobs’ optimism is very similar to Roger Ebert’s outlook on life as he too came close to death. During an interview, Ebert made the comment, “I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because i believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear”. In my opinion, what Ebert is trying to say here is that he has no reason to fear what death may hold, because he was content before he was born. Before life, we know and fear nothing because we have yet to exist. It makes sense that it would not be any different after death. Both Steve Jobs and Roger Ebert made great contributions to society, impacting the way we think and helping our culture to grow. In fact, both of their legacies continue to influence the world today. Ebert also exemplified the importance of sharing and creating with others as he said, “I believe that if… we have done something to make others a little happier, that is the best we can