Mr. Jobs was liberated today......

[iUma]

our beautiful, creative mind left this earth today. The news is full of it and it is terribly sad.

I feel it.

ETA:
Here are some of his words from a talk he gave at Stanford after his initial diagnosis and treatment (2005)....

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've 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.

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't 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 life's 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 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 importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.


This is how he ran his life and his company.

[echogirl]

so so sad.

[DonnaNJ]

So sad.. what a great loss.. but I love how you look at it.. considering the horrible disease he suffered from it truly was liberation.. if you go to the Apple website and click on the photo there you can leave a message of condolence

[HeatherPrins]

What an incredible man he was. he will be so missed.

[katie pertiet]

An incredible loss

[tylertooo]

I have a big lump in my throat upon hearing the news. Such a loss.

[digigrandma]

I am sad, too. He was too young.

[jcaruth910]

An incredible loss indeed. He changed our world forever. May he rest in peace.

[Jen D]

Such a sad day... much too young

[hendon]

I didn't realise he was only 56. So sad, and way too young to die.

[anke]

It really is a sad day!

[Myra]

Very sad tonight. We lost a brilliant mind.

[MIDA78466]

The guy was brilliant. No other like him. He changed our world. He will be truly missed. Such a sad night.

[maureenreynolds]

He saw what others couldn't even imagine. We were blessed to have him in our day.

I didn't know he had children.

[lizj]

I didn't know until I read this post. I am overwhelmed with sadness. What a terrible loss.

[conorsmum]

A terrible loss. I love this quote of his.."I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been." A creative genius. RIP.

[TereseC]

Such inspiring words. A terrible loss.

[anxela]

A visionary, a fantastic man. He will be missed. My thoughts are with his family.

[kikimama]

So sad, 56 is no age at all, love that quote you've included, Patricia, so true!

[Aino]

Words well spoken. He has given the world a lot.

[lizj]

The Apple home page has a beautiful tribute photo. It gives me pause.

[maureenreynolds]

My dh told me a phrase he read somewhere on the NY Times. Jobs was the Edison of our day. Yes, I'd agree. He changed how we live.

[home in ottawa]

A friend said today that the world has been changed by three apples: Adam's apple, Newton's apple and Apple computers.