<p>“Northstarmom, I think Mr. Pausch would disagree with you if you were to tell him as he wasted away in the past few months that leaving three his little children without a daddy at the relatively young age of 47 is not depressing. And yes, he accomplished many things. It doesn’t mean he was done. This was a man in the prime of his life, still contributing to and enjoying everything the world has to offer. And now life will go on without him. That, to me, is pretty depressing. . . or at least unfair.”</p>
<p>I truly think that Randy Pausch was a remarkable man and lived a life worth celebrating.</p>
<p>I don’t find it unfair or depressing that he died of the terminal illness that brought him to my attention and to the attention of many other ordinary people around the world to whom he became an inspiration.</p>
<p>No one is guaranteed a long life. Everyone will die. I don’t see anything unfair in the fact that he died at age 47 leaving a widow and young children who understandably will mourn him. Certainly the fact that such a promising, inspirational person died at a relatively young age leaving a wife and children is sad, but I don’t see it or life in general as being fair or unfair. </p>
<p>As Pausch said, “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”</p>
<p>What I think are depressing are adults who die without accomplishing any of their dreams or touching anyone’s life in an inspirational way.</p>