A stimulus, positive living

This text is a forum published by El Diario de Levante and can be read in pdf here

To a stimulus each individual responds differently. We are currently going through a time when many people are getting the bad news that are out of work, which is something tremendous and we can wound to sink. But at the same time, although it may be paradoxical and without making the slightest claim to demagogy, also we can accept it, touching the bottom, reflect and take a step forward.

The positive stimuli are pure pleasure, not learning them. Only live and enjoy. Negative stimuli, however, are what make people grow, which may force us to look for what might never before we set ourselves to find: ourselves. Every day we are all subject to tens of stimuli, which increase over time largely due to technological progress.

The barrier of distance, for example in rural areas, has historically been a brake limited interaction with third reduced the number of stimuli to which they respond. But today's physical location is no longer relevant and thanks to technology and communication options. Everyone can now respond to many more stimuli than 10 years ago. "Man does not open shop without a smile." So says a Chinese proverb that I believe we should try to apply in day to day.

Faced with adversity, one can take the path of complacency and suffering or face arrest and life with dignity. Meet people with problems, but problems of truth and see the dignity and joy, even coldness, with often face them worthwhile. So, people like Randy Pausch we can model as a positive response to stimuli and joie de vivre. His career is to think if one is sinking, depressed, or simply address a particular problem.

The last lesson

On September 18, 2007, Professor Randy Pausch and scientist had to give a talk to over 400 students and colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University, fulfilling an academic tradition called Last lesson (Last Lecture). What nobody expected was to begin his presentation with a terrible announcement: suffering from pancreatic cancer was spreading through his body and doctors only gave him three to six months.

The left boot moved to all participants. "It is what it is and we can not change," Pausch said, and continued the conversation quite naturally, with a simplicity that many marked forever and made him a celebrity on the network. Title of the paper, "How to truly fulfill the dreams of your childhood", made it clear what was going to be a plea to the effort, perseverance and love of life. During his presentation did not want to talk about cancer, but of life and how to live, how to achieve childhood dreams.

To try to stop the cancer and enjoy their children, this professor was subjected to aggressive surgery and experimental chemotherapy. But the illness continued and nearly 10 months after announcing it, Pausch died at his home in Chesapeake, 25 July, at age 47. He did always face adversity and becoming a role model.

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