Friday, October 7, 2011

Inspirational Friday

Steve Jobs the founder and CEO of Apple computers died at the age of 56. Yes, he died, but he completed a life of someone who had lived to be one hundred years old. He left a legacy and many quotes that many can live by. Here are just a few:
  1. On how to live your life: "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."
  2.  Steve's quote on simplicity."That's been one of my mantras ' focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex." 
  3. “I was worth over $1,000,000 when I was 23, and over $10,000,000 when I was 24, and over $100,000,000 when I was 25, and it wasn’t that important because I never did it for the money.”
  4. “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”
This quote was given by him to Business Week in the year 1998.

Siliconindia. News (October 7, 2011). Steve Jobs Most Memorable Quotes: Retrieved October 7, 2011, fromhttp://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Steve_Jobs_Most_Memorable_Quotes_-nid-94044-cid-29.html
Macstories. (October, 2011). A Colection of Inspirational Steve Jobs Quotes About Life, Design Apple. Retrieved October 7, 2011, from    http://www.macstories.net/roundups/inspirational-steve-jobs-quotes/


An emotional moment for Sloan Churman when she was able to hear again. Her YouTube video went viral from her tears of joy when she heard sound for the first time. Watch the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsOo3jzkhYA  Sloan was born deaf and her mother-in-law gave her $30,000 from her retirement fund to get the surgery for an implant to hear in one ear. When Ellen Degeneres saw the YouTube video she had Sloan on her show. Her generosity didn't stop there she also brought her husband and mother-in-law on the show, wait it gets better. Ellen was able to get the implant company to do Sloan's other ear for free, wait still more. Ellen gives back the $30,000 to the mother-in-law. Watch the videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7xn_0iVksc&feature=player_embedded#!

Dolphin tale is a true story about a dolphin that looses her tail. Her name is "Winter" she was found washed ashore with a pouches crab net over her tail. She was rescued by Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida. Her tail had to be removed, due to a severe infection. They thought Winter wouldn't survive, but she learned to swim without a tail. A dolphin's tail needs to go up and down and because she didn't have one it was causing a problem on her spine.  A prosthetic tail was made several times before they found the right one and one that Winter felt comfortable to swim with. Winter is doing great and to watch her swim click on the link and then the Winter Webcam. http://seewinter.com/

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