Almost 2 weeks in Cape Town and it’s hard to believe that it has been that long and we don’t have that much time left. In class this morning, Logan Smalley talked to us about the power that we have on our generation to change thing- like ideas, norms and all the stuff that need to be defined. It was a really cool lecture/conversation- something that I’ve never really had the opportunity to talk or think about. He also showed us Dr. Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture, if you haven’t seen it, it is a lecture given by this professor from Carnige-Melon who knew he was dying and gave his last lecture to his class. It’s absolutely amazing, and if you have time to watch it, do. Two quotes from the lecture that really made me think were “Excellence is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted” and “Brick walls are not there to stop you- they are there to show you how bad you really want it” Deep stuff.
After that lecture, we walked out to the beach and took our official Global LEAD Cape Town 2010 group photo, with Table Mountain as the backdrop. Then it was off to some adventure- what kind of adventure? Well, how about jumping off a mountain? Stephanie and I decided to go paragliding- so we hiked up Lion’s Head and put on our little backpack seat things and were hooked up to the guide and we simply ran and jumped off the mountain. It was crazy- the view was second to none. We glided for about 10 minutes when we landed on the soccer field down in Camps Bay. It was a good time- after we landed our guides treated us to some beer at the bar and we jus sat around and talked while we watched the sunset over the Atlantic Ocean.
I feel like I keep asking myself “Is this real life?” and surprisingly, I haven’t waken up from the dream yet- and I’m totally ok with that.
Travel on,
Seth
send me a plane ticket?
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