把每一天，都當作你生命的最後一天

對蘋果的東西從來就沒興趣，貴就一個字。何況我喜歡自己拆裝配件，蘋果的東西好象都不願意讓人隨便改動，有種很封閉的感覺。更不崇拜蘋果教教主。雖然他不是一般人，但以我的標準，他離偉人差得還很遠。

人就是這樣，活著的時候，就知道有這麽個人，可一旦這人一死，好象立刻他/她的人格都升華了。對崇拜他的人們我隻想說：你們應該爭取在他活著的時候找機會告訴他，沒準因為有你們的崇拜，他會欣慰一點？或許他給你們一個鄙夷的眼神，輕蔑地問：你們是誰呀？總之，讓他活著的時候知道，比在他死後說強多了。什麽，他活著的時候你也沒機會告訴他？機會不都是人創造的嗎？你肯定你努力了？還是內心裏你也認為沒必要花大力氣去向那個方向努力？

這幾天收音機裏天天在播放關於蘋果教教主的生平事跡，無意中聽到一段他說過的話，不得不說，單對這一段講，我非常同意這個觀點。當然這觀點不是他發明的，很早就有了。下邊就是網上抄錄來的英文。

先聲明一下，我說的"蘋果教教主"，就是指　Steve Jobs。否則，若幹年後，萬一我這篇文還在，某個後人看到了，會有疑問：Who the xxxx is he talking about...

This is quoted from him in 2005, not very long after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. There is no doubt that he made a massive impact in those “extra” years since the diagnosis to which in the end he would succumb:

“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday youll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, 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.

Remembering that Ill be dead soon is the most important tool Ive ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didnt even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctors code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought youd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.I lived with that diagnosis all day.

Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now. This was the closest I’ve been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades.

Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept: No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven dont want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Lifes change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. Your time is limited, so dont waste it living someone elses life. Dont be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other peoples thinking. Dont let the noise of others opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”