The Last Lecture

The lake was beautiful tonight. We cooked out on the grill, boated on a glassy body of water, caught up with old friends and watched the evening sky come alive with color. On the way home, I gave my son a lecture…a short lecture. But certainly not his last. My “lecture” was on the power of saying “I’m sorry”. It didn’t take long to give and I’m confident I’ll give it again. But I think it took. Time will tell. After walking in the door, i just happened to gaze at a book on the counter – a book by Dr. Randy Pausch entitled The Last Lecture. Ironically, a few minutes later, I learned that the author of that book and former Carnegie Mello died today. His Last Lecture, for which I wrote about last fall, had a great impact on me.  In fact, I think he wrote about that in his book. Nothing like a death to remind me how important it is to quickly and sincerely say, “I’m sorry”.