In Memoriam : Steve Jobs Remembered

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life," he said. "Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important." -Steve

"If you live each day as if it was your last, someday, you'll most certainly be right"-Steve

When I woke up today, I as usual checked my iPhone, opened NewYork Times, and the 1st thing my eyes couldn't miss was the news of his death, world flipped before my eyes, there were 100s of different memories, of the WWDC, of the 1st iPod launch, of the speech of Stanford which I read nearly everyday....there were 100s of flashbacks, and so absorbed I was I couldn't get up from bed for nearly 4 hours, maybe it was hurt, shock or sadness, but tears came out, He was much more than an inspiring leader, he was in fact a mentor to me who had inspired me to be the way I am today.
I couldn't think of writing a status update dedicated to him or tweet, Steve Jobs desrves more...atleast a holiday in his rememberance. It's why I waited to write this, when I could hold myself.
I 1st heard of him when I was in my 3rd standard, I was reading a copy of Digit, It was a small column, not really big, back then the world hardly knew of him, but to me, he became a hero, a real hero,
People worship in temples when some great actors fall ill, and luckily they survive, all I ask today is, what have they done, Did they change the entire world with their acting in movies? or have the revived the poor, but yet they have these 1000s and lacs of people worshipping them as gods...
what about the people who really change our lives? The one who invented computer? the one who invented a TV? If they hadn't been there there would be millions of people who didn't have a job, because there had been no computer, Why do we forget to pray for these people?
I doubt a single temple had a prayer session dedicated to Steve when he was dying...
The world is undoubtedly cruel, to those who really care to be the change...
Steve no doubt, created a dent in the universe of which he talked. He was the change that he wanted to see in the world, and he succeeded...

The world is a different place with all the 'i'devices, with people on their iPads, iPhones, iMacs...and I'm myself writing all of this on the last iPhone he introduced as a CEO of the company.
He died young, and it's nature's cruelty it takes people away who make an impact on it...
I just am left to imagine what he would have done if he had lived a 30 years more...
Or perhaps death is a strong motivation, his prospect of death made him what he was...
HE, in the truest sense, has conquered death, has defeated it, for it could not come in his way.
He was an amazing mentor to me, Just reading about him made me realize what one is capable of doing, I corresponded with him only once, but even that one instance was amazing to me and near unforgettable. If I was granted two wishes that would be fulfilled, with one wish I just want to revive him back and meet him once, the other one...I can't talk of.
He would always be remembered in hearts of those who remember him as a change, as an era of technology.
Steve Jobs was never proud or vain, he could find something to value in anyone, however apparently insignificant or wretched and I believe his early losses endowed him with great humanity and sympathy. I shall miss him all my life as someone who guided me to a new dimension of this world, That he was the most inspiring and loved leader I have seen.
He died as he lived...working always for the inventions in which he lived and to his last hour, as to live like every day as his last...

PS- How ironic it was for me, 2 hours before his death I watched his stanford university speech, and his last address at the WWDC 2011, thinking when I'd get to meet him in person. He will always be one of the 2 most close people to me in the world(apart from family)