How has Randy Pausch's last lecture impacted your life?

I'm a reader in China.My mother was died from brain cancer a decade ago when I was 17.In my memory,the hospital refused to treat her with expensive medicines when our deposit had run out.In China,the death rate of cancer is very high,and it's not an affordable disease for most of the ordinary families in China,the patients and money would get lost both.Ten years ago in that famous hospital,I saw some unlucky people from the countryside who had contracted the disease without money passed away with standing by of the medical care personnel,some of them wrer even informed "in his/her last period,take him/her home,just make something delicious for him/her." I saw my mother dying in a pretty bad shape after the craniotomy,she loved me most in this world,every time it scared and depressed me when I recalled that moment till now,for a decade.Now,I'm working hard,I long to get rid of the country for a better life.

I first read Randy's story in Readers Digest. I also had seen him on Good Morning America and was very insipired by his story. It reinforces my belief that we truly should not "sweat the small stuff" and enjoy every day on earth to the fullest. I recently read his book and am even more inspired by his courage and his legacy to his family. I will keep his wife and three children in my prayers.

What an amazing man and an inspiration to all. His book will be a great message and comfort to his children as they grow up.

I first saw Randy's Last lecture video last fall and was very impressed with the principles he shared and the way he was meeting the cancer head-on. I have followed his story through interviews on tv and articles in magazines. As much as these impacted me, the book did even more! Jai and his children were certainly blessed to have Randy in their lives. My thoughts and prayers are with them as they move on with their lives without him. He found a very precious way to keep himself alive for the people he loves. I pray that I will able to leave a legacy even a fraction of what he has left. The world is definitely a better place because of his time in int. Jean Ann Hentges, Sioux Falls, S.D.