I want to tell you three stories from my life. The first story is about connecting the _________. When I was at Reed College, it offered perhaps the best calligraphy _________ in the country. I decided to take a calligraphy class. At that time _________ of what I learned about calligraphy seemed to have even a(n) _________ of any practical application. But later when we were _________ the first Macintosh computer, it all _________ to me. And we put it all into the Mac. _________ you can only connect the dots looking backwards. But you have to trust that the dots will _________ connect in your future.

My second story is about love. I _________ Apple at twenty. And then at thirty, I got fired. __________ something slowly began to strike me - I still loved what I did. And so I __________ to start over. In a wonderful turn of __________, I returned to Apple. The only thing that kept me going was that I __________ what I did. So, if you haven't found what your interest, keep looking. Don't __________.

My third story is about death. About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs __________, which is doctors' code for “prepare to __________.” Later it turned out to be curable (可治愈的) with surgery. I had the surgery and, __________, I am fine now. This was the __________ I've been to facing death. Having __________ it, I can now say this to you: Your time is limited, so don't __________ it living someone else's life.