foolish wonderment

i read the commencement speech that steve jobs gave at stanford today. the messages were simple, stated without flourish, so a bit of a surprise considering jobs' reputation for theatrics, but there was an appropriate gravity that speaks to me. i'm notoriously receptive to the gospel as preached by steve jobs, unapologetically so considering that i've aligned myself with the dark arts of experience design… but this speech was full of an emotional candor about the value of a life well-lived. this is a message that i wanted to hear right now, that i haven't wasted time or made mistakes in the path that i have chosen, rather the only waste would be paralysis through regret or settling for a mediocre existence.

perhaps i'm a late-bloomer, just now putting together all the little insights i've collected in preparation for my first big push forward into the world. not that i've figured it all out yet, rather that i've decided that i can't languish in this job when i could be making something of my own that i'm proud of.