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    ‘Your time is limited’: Paying tribute to Steve Jobs

    The phrase "end of an era" is often overused, but today, it perfectly captures the shock and sadness of of learning that an icon and genius has passed away at age 56.

    Steve Jobs is dead.

    It's still hard to believe.

    Like many Pinoy netizens, I found out about the shocking news first on Twitter, and as you might expect RIP Steve Jobs is currently the number one Trending Topic. People have also been tweeting that he is now in iHeaven, which explains why this is also one of the top Trending Topics.

    Apple's homepage now shows its legendary co-founder's photo, linking to this page where the company is encouraging people to share their thoughts , memories and condolences torememberingsteve@apple.com

    It's a testament to his genius that the death of Steve Jobs transcends the world of technology. He made technology cool, and allowed people from all over the world to accept and embrace it as part of their lives. It was OK to be geeks, and the geeks and the cool kids could be one and the same.

    On the Yahoo! Philippines Twitter account @yahooph, we asked Yahoo! Philippines readers to share their thoughts about his life and death.

    "RIP Steve Jobs: thanks for the technology we have today and beyond. The Techno Saint of All Time," @misskrishii tweeted.

    "Steve Jobs you have connected a lot of people. Thank you!," said wandrada.

    "bt u can RIP knowin dat u left this wrld a btr place 4 ur havin been here. n dat's d mst ANYONE cn hope 4," said @djpgarcia

    "RIP Steve Jobs...The world will always remember how great [a] genius and innovator you are... :-(" tweeted ojicko

    Readers also shared their messages on the Yahoo! Philippines Facebook Page:

    "rest in peace...you've done a great job, STEVE JOBS!!!," said Doc Merle.
    "Steve Jobs is innovation. Thank you, Sir," said Peej Dee.

    "Thanks for introducing iPhone and am still using it & posting this now. Goodbye & rip Steve! Rudy Estipona Escoto.

    With all the success Jobs has enjoyed, it may be hard to remember that he had to overcome different challenges and outright failures that would have defeated a lesser man. Jobs was a dreamer, and he proved to the whole world that, yes, if you believe in something passionately and work hard to achieve it, your dream can come true. Even if you have to fail before you get there.

    As we mourn his untimely death at age 56, it is worth remembering the inspiring words he shared in his famous Stanford commencement address in 2005.

    "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."

    RIP Steve Jobs, and thanks for everything. You will truly be missed.

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    7 comments

    • concern  •  7 months ago
      YOU'LL BE MISS ....STEVE.RIP.
    • ricardo  •  7 months ago
      Steve, Thanks for technology you left in this earth, Many people expand they knowlegde cause of you. You gonna be missed especially those people love your idea in technology.
    • mon  •  7 months ago
      As you R I P.,your contributions to this World may rest in everyone's heart ! thank you Mr. Steve Jobs. Condolence to the Family of MR.Jobs.
    • Col  •  7 months ago
      Thanks Steve, i learned a lot from your mac, because of you i learned to assembled my personal MAC.
    • christine, tina  •  7 months ago
      RIP...but u will continue to live in our heart and thoughts for all your great contribution to the world as a better place with the help of all your efforts to connect people using the technology! thank you so much SIR STEVE JOBS!
    • andsien  •  7 months ago
      iSad
    • Steve  •  7 months ago
      The passing away of Steve Jobs is a reminded to us that our day will come too. We are not to become too absorbed in our ephemeral toys.

      One of the Ten Commandments says:
      “I am the Lord Thy God, thou shalt not have strange gods before Me.”

      Soon we will enter into the post-technology era upon this Earth. No, I am not crazy. I see a pattern establishing itself in events occurring upon the earth. There is a new future awaiting mankind. Wisdom is coming back.

      Jesus said in the Gospel: “A wise man who is a householder takes out of his treasure chest things that are OLD and things that are new.

      We will be going back to a more simple way of life. But we will also be progressing in new ways. We will acquire the ancient wisdom which the early patriarchs understood. We will not putting our total focus into science as if it had all the answers. Science is deficient in answers when it comes to the invisible, spiritual things that pertain to our Heavenly Creator. There is another reality, greater than science can understand, which we can only perceive with wisdom, as though “seeing in a glass darkly”

      Saint Paul says in the gospel: “The things that are real are invisible; the things that are visible are not real”

      There is a profound wisdom in that simple statement. All the inventions of Steve Job are just dust and ashes compared to the reality of the spiritual things in the Kingdom of God in Heaven. For Jesus said “The eye has not seen, nor has the ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man what things God has in store for those who love HIM.”

      We are caught up in the moment, the trends of the times, the spirit of the age, that we do not see how quickly it will all evaporate.

      The wise person puts his trust not in the fragile, transitory things of this world. He puts his hope and his confidence in his Creator, his Eternal Father. The death of Steve Jobs reminds us that we possess a spirit which lives for a time in our bodies. But only for a time – because a time will come when that spirit will be released from this temporal domain. That spirit is our real identity. Science cannot probe that dimension of our existence. Science lacks all the answers. Science and technology are held up to us as though they were gods to be worshipped. They are helpful in their own limited way, just as a walking stick is helpful to a lame man. But don’t become so absorbed in the technology of the walking stick as to lose a sense of your true purpose and destination.

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