Michael Jackson Leaves Us
It was certainly a moving and emotional memorial today for Michael Jackson. It was so gratifying to see the people turn out and realize that there were most likely 125 at home that couldn’t be there for every person in attendance.
I told myself that I wasn’t going to write a blog entry today, but I’ll crawl out of my self-imposed hole of emotional pain. To be honest my mind and heart are numb right now.
I’m still dealing with the “this can’t be happening” process right now. Every time I turn on the television or look into the crowd there is a surreal feeling that comes over me. My brain is attempting to rationalize the finality of it all.
Oh, I’ve lost loved ones and even clients before, but there are times when it just seems to knock the wind out of you. Especially with several key entertainment industry deaths in the past two weeks.
But Michael was different. Like Elvis and John Lennon the death of Michael Jackson is truly a passing of a musical era.
I was saddened to see all the negative comments on YouTube and Time magazine.
People that seem to roam the videos simply to vent their anger and nasty attitudes. I thought they might ease a little, but they seem focused on putting their opinion across in the rudest possible manner and if you don’t like it they are compelled to force you to.
I get them on our blogs too. They send in tasteless emails littered with the liberal explicitive. I know better, but I do feel the emotional cut left by their harsh words because I do care about people especially our readers.
After 60 plus hours of work and hundreds of miles of travel each week it gets harder to write with purpose and substance for our readers after absorbing those nasty remarks.
Ask anyone that works to help others and they’ll tell you they work far harder than they ever would in a normal 9 to 5 job. And that requires motivation and energy. Two things I’ve had less of in the past week.
Michael Jackson was one of the most giving entertainers I’ve ever seen. He was driven to bring social issues to bear and gave of himself to many charities and human programs.
Personally, I will miss him much like I miss my old friend Steve Irwin.
Michael had a heart of gold to match his gold records and he gave until he had no heart left.
Our lives will have a large void without him.
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