“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”-Albert Einstein

In class the other day, we read an article about Roger Ebert, the famous film critic (http://www.esquire.com/features/roger-ebert-0310). The man who was once the opinionated film critic now speaks only through blue post-it notes and typed words on his Macbook Pro. The article chronicles Ebert's battle with cancer, and how every day is a struggle. After countless surgeries, Ebert's lower jaw has been removed and he has lost his ability to speak; blue post-it notes and his Macbook Pro being his only means of communication. Even though Ebert can no longer speak lovingly to his wife, sit to watch the movies he loves, and tell the world his opinion on films, he has a constant smile on his face.

Why is it that this man was able to keep hope alive through everything that he's been through? After his first surgery why didn't he give up? After his second? His third?  After his best friend died of cancer, how did Ebert keep his will to live? Ebert should be an example to everyone, he never gave up even when the darkness had nearly suffocated him.

This article taught me that you have to appreciate each and every day that you have. Ebert didn't know when he would be speaking his last word, or drinking his last cup of coffee. He didn't know when he'd eat his last ice cream cone have his last spoken  discussion on a movie. You really never know when something bad can happen, so you have to enjoy everything that life brings your way.