Posted on 03/10/2023 11:47:15 AM PST by sodpoodle
The 'doctors' are listed in the last sentence. Well worth the read!!
Steve Jobs was the co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Apple Corporation and died in 2011, aged 56, after losing his battle with Pancreatic Cancer. He posted the following observation just prior to his death. Do not delete without reading. Very profound and a realization that only became obvious when he was confronted with his certain demise. The World's six best doctors ... worth reading--------- Steve Jobs died a billionaire ( $10.2b ) at age 56. This is his final essay: "I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In some others' eyes, my life is the epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. In the end, my wealth is only a fact of life that I am accustomed to. At this moment, lying on my bed and recalling my life, I realize that all the recognition and wealth that I took so much pride in have paled and become meaningless in the face of my death.
You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone bear your sickness for you. Material things lost can be found or replaced. But there is one thing that can never be found when it's lost - Life. Whichever stage in life you are in right now, with time, you will face the day when the curtain comes down. Treasure love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well and cherish others. As we grow older, and hopefully wiser, we realize that a $300 or a $30 watch both tell the same time. You will realize that your true inner happiness does not come from the material things of this world. Whether you fly first class or economy, if the plane goes down - you go down with it.
Therefore, I hope you realize, when you have mates, buddies and old friends, brothers and sisters, who you chat with, laugh with, talk with, have sing songs with, talk about north-south-east-west or heaven and earth, that is true happiness! Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy. So when they grow up they will know the value of things and not the price. Eat your food as your medicine, otherwise you have to eat medicine as your food. There is a big difference between a human being and being human. Only a few really understand it. You are loved when you are born. You will be loved when you die. In between, you have to manage! The six best doctors in the world are rest, exercise, diet, self-confidence, family and friends. Maintain them in all stages and enjoy a healthy life.
The best doctor is solid faith in Jesus Christ. He seems to have missed it all the way to the end.
Poor guy.
“Don’t educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy.”
Having children can be a joy beyond expression.
What a massive a*hole.
Why do you say that?
The best doctor is solid faith in Jesus Christ.
exactly. But one can’t know another’s final thoughts and beliefs. Even though not explaining a personal faith as Rush did, we can only presume.
And i choose to pray that every worthy sinner finds Christ before passing.
For other worthless sinners, i withhold my prayers and know that God will judge them.
He was a very dislikeable human being. A true misanthrope who never liked anyone else, not even his daughter.
Yes you are.
You need a better cup of coffee. Please.
In a world where you can be anything, be kind. At the very least.
My understanding is that this is a hoax email. Steve Jobs never wrote this stuff.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steve-jobs-deathbed-speech/
Agree 100%. Couldn’t have said it better. He recognized the problem but not the solution, it seems.
If he had listened to his doctors…he would be alive today.
His pancreatic cancer was on the bottom of the pancreas, it hadn’t spread, and was not involved with his lymph nodes. A surgery and ten shitty rounds of chemo and his prognosis for 72 months + was about 70%. If you ever get PC, you WANT the one jobs had.
Instead, he wanted to go “the natural” route. Of course, cancer “naturally” spreads.
Jobs ....was a very dislikeable human being.
As many of us all have a potential to be. Jobs has made my life easier and productive. I have purchased and used many of his products and appreciate the benefits i have from them. Jobs has had a positive influence on the world and a substantial legacy.
He could have been an azzhat as well. He may never have even liked himself.
100% agreed with all that.
But we don't know what happened at the end. That's between him and God. I certainly pray that God gave Steve one more chance...and that he took it!
When you are lying in bed, dangling your feet over the edge of eternity, the only thing that matters is the future (except perhaps to God).
There have been a few times when, after asking people if they have accepted Jesus, they say something like "I don't believe in that."
Reminiscent of Pascal's Wager I ask, "Do you have insurance on your house? What about your car?"
You wouldn't believe some of the facial expressions that occur. On more than one occasion people have said that they would think about it, seriously think about it. That's better than nothing.
There is no way Steve Jobs wrote this.
Maybe he recognized the problem, maybe he didn’t. We’ll never know, because this whole story is entirely fake.
Be that as it may, but most people at the point of death have a ‘come to Jesus’ moment.
I am curious...
Since we are all sinners and fall short, how do you presume which sinners are worth your prayers for redemption and which are not?
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