"Your time is limited so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't 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."
~ Steve Jobs
Ella sits on our couch and navigates her way through the apps on the home screen of my iPhone and I watch her today, thinking that she'll never truly understand just how much her future has been shaped by a man named Steve Jobs. As soon as she was old enough to grab for toys, she began passing up her Elmo phone in hopes of getting her tiny fingers around my iPhone. Milo also seems much more intrigued by it than any of the other toys we've bought for him. They're no dummies. They may wet their pants, but they know a good product when they see it. :-) The more I've heard about Steve Jobs and his passing, the more I realize that it's not going to be enough for me to simply tell them that he was the genius behind the cool, tech-y toys that they will continue to enjoy. Rather, I want them to know that those "toys" were a direct result of his character and work ethic:
Innovative.
Passionate.
Artistic.
A man who understood that good is the enemy of great.
A man who's curiosity ultimately led him- and subsequently the entire world- into a new age of thinking, navigating, connecting, reasoning, and being.
This is the reason I hope they never stop asking why or how. You just never know where those two questions will take you. Without curiosity, there's no creativity. And without creativity, there's no life.
Rest in peace, Steve Jobs. And thank you for bringing us along for the ride.
Awesome post Kristin and fitting tribute!
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