Sheryl Sandberg Commencement Speech | Facebook Exec Talks About Husband's Death

We want to get to those powerful words from Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, speaking publicly for the first time about her husband's unexpected death, sharing a message of hope during a commencement address over the weekend. Jesse Palmer is here. This was quite inspirational. That's right, Robin. This really was a poignant speech. Sandberg addressing the graduating class at the University of California, Berkeley, sharing how she learned to persevere even in the face of tragedy. I'm not going to tell you today what I learned in life. Today I'm going to try to tell you what I learned in death. Sheryl Sandberg speaking publicly for the first time about the sudden loss of her husband, Dave Goldberg, a year ago. When life sucks you under, you can kick against the bottom, find the surface, and breathe again. The question is not if some of these things will happen to you. They will. What I want to talk about today is what you do next. Sharing lessons of bouncing back from life's toughest times. You will be defined not just by what you achieve, but by how you survive. Sandberg surviving on hard-earned wisdom. Eleven days before the anniversary of Dave's death, I broke down crying to a friend of mine. And then through tears, we asked each other how we would live if we knew we had eleven days left. I mean live with the understanding of how precious every day would be, because that's how precious every day actually is. Charging tomorrow's leaders to lean in to hope and joy. Losing my husband helped me find deeper gratitude. Gratitude for the kindness of my friends, the love of my family, and the laughter of my children. My hope for you is that you can find that gratitude, not just on the easy days like today, but on the hard days when you will need it. And such a heartfelt message. Sandberg also told the graduates to be there for your family and friends. And I mean that in person, not just with a message, with a heart emoji. I think that's pretty good advice, Robin. Really good advice. Great advice there, Jessie. We've often talked about how everybody, we go through tragedies, all of us in life, loss of some sort. And if we don't take the time to understand why we were put in that situation, to learn from it. And she obviously has in sharing that with those graduates. She shared a great new practice as well. She says every night before she goes to bed, she thinks of three blessings and three moments in her life of that day. Perfect way to go to bed. The gift of gratitude. Truly. It sometimes comes in an unexpected package, but you learn to grow from it. So her words are so inspirational for so many.