Steve Jobs, Why Must You Die So Young?

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Napoleon_Lopez]Napoleon Lopez
On October 5, 2011, the Family of Steve Jobs, the legendary founder of Apple Corporation, announced his peaceful death, "surrounded by family". And those he, through his wife Laureen, chose to be close to him. He was 56.
The world mourned. One headline described it in one word: "iSad".
My first reaction, as an Apple fan was -- Steve, why must you die so young?
Thoughts about this permeated my mind even while I'm sleeping.
Lately, the question evolved to "Steve, why must you LIVE so short?".
To solve this restlessness, I decided to write my thoughts about this. and meditate on the reasons why.
Why must an extra-ordinary guy who is blessing millions of people with his products and innovations, and the jobs they generate, be taken away so young at the cusp of his life?
He is an inspiration to those who are poor who know that he came from working-class parents, who were not even his biological parents.
He is a model of true education to students who know who that he dropped out of college after six months, yet dropped-in on subjects that interested him for another 18 months.
He is a teacher to us of humility, to know that once he picked up Coke bottles for their 5-cent deposits, to buy food.
So, why must he die young?
After struggling with my thoughts, I came up with seven feeble attempts at explaining the unexplainable.
I must emphasize that these are my personal views. And I make no attempt to appear as a philosopher, nor a deep thinker.
I just wanted to rest my mind.
Dying Young, Seven Feeble Attempts To Answer Why
1. Billions of money, can be no match for death, especially, when death's time has come. But... billions of money can do a lot good things, before death's time, comes.
2. If you live and do the things you love, money,or wealth, will be its natural consequence.
Steve found what he loved to do at age 21. He worked hard at it. He was able to gather like-minded people due to his vision, charisma, and leadership.
Doing what he loved to do, he became a multi-millionaire at age 25
3. Health is wealth. How can you enjoy your wealth, when you are in a hospital bed?
4. Living is not all about the money. At death's final moments, you don't seek your money, you seek for your Family. His family's carefully-worded statement says it all.
Steve died "peacefully, surrounded by family".
5. Even when healthy, living long is not a guarantee. A life-ending accident can be just an "eye-blink" away.
Steve was well-known to care for his health. He mostly ate fish, fruits and vegetables. He is known to practice "eastern" philosophy, and he meditates a lot. He believes in "natural cures" and "alternative" medicine.
Yet, he got cancer.
6. There is a Supernatural Being who stands above us all. At the risk of sounding controversial, He controls our destinies... given the inputs, that we give, if I may add.
And death, is a strong reminder.
7. Thinking about death can be a very powerful motivator.
Apple's greatest products came after Steve Jobs was diagnosed to be dying with cancer. His doctor gave him 3 to 6 months to live. He lived for another 7 years.
With Steve Jobs spearheading product design and development, Apple came up with products that would catapult Apple to become the number one most valuable company in the world in terms of shareholder value.
At the end of "intra-day trading" on August 9, 2011... Apple was valued at $337.2 billion (Bloomberg, August 10, 2011), They eclipsing oil company Exxon in the process, and left to dust Microsoft and IBM who drove them to near extinction before Jobs rescued Apple in 1996.
In January 2007, Steve announced to the world, the iPhone.
In January 2010, the iPad.
At the end of the fiscal year 2010, Apple reported that it sold worldwide, a total of about 73.734 million iPhones!
For the iPad, Apple reported on June 21, 2010 that it in 80 days, 3 million iPads in 80 days!
... So, why must Steve Jobs had to die so young?
He died to emphasize the following values which we may have forgotten in our day-to-day business of living.
Money alone can't buy you life.... Live, to love.... Good health is ultimate wealth.... At life's end, what matters most is Family, not money.... Good health is not enough to prevent death.... "Be at peace with God whatever you conceive Him to be".
And finally, Death is... life.
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