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Day 1771: Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005

“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.” – Steve Jobs

 

It’s 12 : 18  PM on day 1771 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray,  read Matthew 3, publish my Disability of the Day feature,    learn one new thing – .Rome was founded in 753 BC by Romulus. Roman legend says that Romulus had a twin brother called Remus. As babies they were abandoned in the area which later became Rome. A she-wolf found and raised them, but when they grew up Romulus fought and killed Remus and became the first ruler of Rome!– have breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign – $3 372 raised so far (thanks so much to everyone who has supported this campaign so far I sincerely appreciate it 🙂 ).

 

Recently I watched the commencement speech that Steve Jobs gave at Stanford University and I’m so glad I did because it has profoundly changed the way I view life the lessons he shared in the speech are lessons I think we all need to learn. Watch Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 below:

Day 389

The best inventions of today are not necessarily the most complicated but they have changed the way we live forever – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7: 23 PM on day 389 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself pancakes with coconut and sugar  for breakfast, publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck – listen to music – I LOVE Adam Lambert‘s music, I listened to If I Had You and For Your Entertainment about a HUNDRED times –feed myself yoghurt for lunch, go to physiotherapy, watch TV and feed myself rice and curry for dinner.

As you know I am not one to do something just because other people are doing it but after reading A thank you to Steve Jobs from a special needs mom on Love That Max and seeing how the Ipad app, Proloquo2Go, has helped Ellen (@lovethatmax) and her son, Max, communicate – Max has a lot to say but his speech is affected as a result of Cerebral Palsy – I feel compelled to say RIP Steve Jobs and thank you for creating the Ipad which has made a tremendous difference in the lives of those who have special needs. Take a look at the video below to see how Max uses the Ipad to talk to those around him:

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Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!