I want to recognize some people I have never met, but whose lives and work have impacted me with such force that I cannot let this moment pass without thanking them from the depth of my being for the moments of exquisite pleasure, insight into the human condition, and pure, simple life they have given me. You know what it is like when someone has given you a taste, a glorious moment, of what is really true about life? For me, most of these have been creative or performing artists, because it is from art that I receive inspiration, to which I retreat in moments of reflection, and in which I find that which we call Gods most beautifully expressed. And so I want to thank... John Denver, whose songs touch my soul and fill it with new hope about how life could be; Richard Bach, whose writings reach into my life as if they were my own, describing so much of what has been my experience; Barbra Streisand, whose directing, acting, and musical artistry grips my heart time and time again, causing it to feel what is true, not merely know it; the late Robert Heinlein, whose visionary literature has raised questions and posed answers in ways no one else has dared even approach and The late Malcolm X whose fiery intellectual and radical approach to life, gave me the gist that there is today in my writings as a poet and a much acclaimed orator hitherto. For mum, who not only taught me that God exists, but opened my mind to the wondrous truth that God is my best friend; and who was far more than a mother to me, but gave birth in me to a longing for and a love of God, and all that is good. Mom is my first meeting with an angel. And for Dad Who told me repeatedly throughout my life, “There’s nothing to it,” “You don’t have to take No for an answer, “You make your own luck,” and “There’s more where that came from.” Dad is my first experience of fearlessness!
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 17:15:00 +0000
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