YOU ARE MY INSPIRATION AND MY HOPE

      It is raining. The sound of splashing against the windowpanes matches the flooding of thoughts in my head .  Although some have been slightly dampened by the venom of those who attempt to harm the beauty of Michael’s presence with internet trolling, none have been blurred.  That is because the man I am honored to know has taken up permanent residence in my heart.  I feel the need to speak intimately with gratitude.  I have long since accepted the fact that the values that I have held dear for an entire lifetime have been the values that Michael lived out on a world stage for five decades.  The faith lessons that I learned as a child, the religion that I know, were Michael’s life.  To put it simply, he was the truth.  Many talk about how we should live as a world community.  Michael did more than talk.  The choices he made were entirely based on the moral precepts of every religion on the planet.  He often talked of Jesus and his teachings being a guidepost.  I read somewhere that truly good people bring out the worst in everyone else.  The truth in that statement can be found when you look at media…when you look at people like Bashir, Sneddon, Chandler, Arvizo, Murray, Robson, Dimond, Grace, Oprah, Presley, AEG and the like.  Dampened, but not blurred.

I often question why God created Michael with unparalleled talents and gifts, sent him to spread his message of love through music and loving acts of kindness, expected him to be his suffering servant at the hands of humankind but, will not give him resurrection.  Why, five years after passing, must Michael continue to be the suffering servant.  And, why his children have to suffer along with their father.  Why the aforementioned people have been rewarded with success and stature, never having to be accountable for the evil they have done.  These are questions that never stop playing over and over again in my head.

I am often asked why I do this…why not just forget all about Michael’s travails and simply enjoy his legacy of music and performance and film.  To be sure, I do, often.  But, there is this ache in my heart, this unconditional love that will not let go and will not allow me to take the easy path.  So, how do I keep what is left of my sanity while living in a world of injustice?  I turn to what Michael has given me.  AND, I SAY, THANK YOU, MICHAEL…

THANK YOU for teaching me to never give up, never give in.

THANK YOU for showing me how to truly love.

THANK YOU for giving me great joy.

THANK YOU for inspiring me to do all I can to try to heal the world.

THANK YOU for the pure fun of watching you perform.

THANK YOU for teaching me how to really listen to music, that music is in layers like clouds, that listening with my eyes closed helps me really hear.

THANK YOU for helping me SEE the music as well as hear it.

THANK YOU for  showing me emotion in music and performance.

THANK YOU for teaching me to get out of the way and let God walk through the door.

THANK YOU for your words and speeches that have taught me to think globally.

THANK YOU for helping me believe in myself.

THANK YOU for introducing me to your ARMY OF LOVE.

THANK YOU for helping me remember to play.

THANK YOU  for remembering what I really believe in.

THANK YOU  for rekindling my passion and excitement.

THANK YOU for bringing a smile to my lips every night before I sleep and every morning when I wake.

THANK YOU for renewing a strong passion in my heart…a reason to create.

THANK YOU for reminding me to hear music in everything…see art in everything.

THANK YOU for showing me how to giggle.

THANK YOU for helping me believe in angels.

 

 

THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME A BETTER PERSON.

With a child’s heart

Go face the worries of the day

With a child’s heart

Turn each problem into play

No need to worry

No need to fear

Just being alive

Makes it all so very clear.

With a child’s heart

Nothing can ever get you down

With a child’s heart

You’ve got no reason to frown

Love is as welcome as a sunny, sunny day

No grown-up thoughts to lead our hearts astray

Take life easy, nice and easy

Like a child, so gay and carefree

The whole world smiles with you as you go your merry way.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU528mbMEOg

THANK YOU, MICHAEL, FOR HELPING ME REDISCOVER THE CHILD IN MY HEART.  YOU ARE MY INSPIRATION AND MY HOPE.

THANK YOU, DEAR FRIENDS, FOR YOUR TIME AND LOVE.  WITH MICHAEL LEADING US, WE CANNOT FAIL…BECAUSE, IT’S ALL FOR LOVE.

Jude

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