The Bell Tolls for Thee

It's everywhere. The news today that Steve Job's passed away. When I found out I felt sad. I was sad that Steve Job's passed away. Why? I never knew the man. It's been said he revolutionized the way people see the world. It's been said that he was a visionary. It's been said ... it's been said ... it's been said ... As I read the many tweet's, Facebook statuses, and tech blogs about Job's death I immediately thought of the poem "For Whom the Bell Toll's" by Jon Donne

No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.

Steve Job's was an inventor, an innovator and a businessman. He dreamed big and he just so happened to be at the right place to put his dreams into reality. Apple will still be around tomorrow, although their stock might drop a few points.There are still people at Apple who dream big, and the products that Apple releases will still be, in my opinion, brilliant. But what the world is now lacking is spirit of innovation and creativity that Jobs brought. The world is a little less now because a part of it was been washed away by the sea, to borrow Donnes words.

So I think that the reason that I was sad to hear the Job's passed away is because I am involved in mankind and now I will no longer be able to benefit from that one man's passion. But the lesson here is not to raise one man up on a pedestal, but to also try to be that kind of person in the world around me. To think each day, is what I am doing in life befitting the world around me. When I die will those around me say, his death dimities us. 

It's just a late night thought ...

~ Until next time