Friday, January 10, 2014

Of Steve Jobs: 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

"So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."

Faith is defined as.. 
: strong belief or trust in someone or something


Steve Jobs' speech implies that he trusted in "something" to guide him through the toughest points in his life. I have reason to believe that this can be considered as faith in a religious context.. Though his developing situation gave him a plethora of reasons to think that the outcome wouldn't rule in his favor, he believed that the "dots would connect..." Jobs encouraged the graduates to never give up having this faith or "trust in the dots."
In each of his stories, he proved his "trust in the dots" to be a feasible deal. He was presented with some form of a plight or unfortunate circumstance in which his future ended up completely different than the picture that his present was creating. 
Jobs' firm belief in "whatever" definitely made the difference in his life..

"...trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.."

and for him, they did. 

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