“Brick walls are there for a reason.”
August 2, 2008 at 8:30 am | by patricia | In Reflections | No CommentsTags: dreams, obstacles, test, video
About three months ago, my aunt sent me a link to YouTube that featured a video of “The Last Lecture” of a computer engineering professor from Carnegie Mellon University in the US. It was aptly called The Last Lecture because he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had only a few months left to live.
His name was Randy Pausch and he was only 47 years old. A few days ago he passed away, leaving a loving wife and three small children. It struck me to hear about such an amazing man, whose words reached the corners of the world, inspiring millions. (The 75-minute lecture put on YouTube was viewed by more than five million people online.)
In the video, Randy talked about his simple dreams as a child, adolescent and adult. Of the five main dreams, he fulfilled all except the one of playing for the US’ National Football League. He said, however, that that one unfulfilled dream perhaps taught him the most about life than those he accomplished.
The brick walls are there for a reason.
Every obstacle, every barrier one encounters is necessary for one to succeed. Even if the human mind cannot comprehend these walls, there is a rationale for everything. I cry, I ask “why,” I get upset when things don’t come my way. I forget that God won’t give me anything I can’t handle; that any obstacle is only there to train me like an athlete to try better next time.
