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Our Loss of Icons

RESPECT FOR OUR LOST ICONS {by Nadine Jessel}

We just lost three icons and many are yet to come;

From their warm hearts, their virtues have spoken from.

Our lives are too rushed and we don’t stop to reflect;

The gifts of talented icons which we should honour and respect.

Your esteem for Ed McMahon and Farrah Facwett is not up for debate;

But the mixed views of Michael Jackson, I sadly do relate.

Michael had a troubled life and that’s a tragic shame;

For his eccentric actions, show him pity more than blame.

When John F. Kennedy was shot, oh how the world wept;

But he too had dark secrets, inside where they all slept.

The loss of Princess Diana hit the world with a thrust;

She captured our hearts, our support and our undying trust.

Elvis was a troubled soul, trapped within his self abuse;

To avoid his death in the end, there was absolutely no use.

Elvis and many others met their fate as did Michael;

For toxic abuse repeats itself in a perpetual destructive cycle.

Here I mention only a few, but there were many more;

Some outshine in spirit, but some in misery evened the score.

Pay them the homage that they rightly deserve;

For in death, their dark side we won’t observe.

Whether president, war hero or the best talent in sight;

They are all now sleeping angels in their own right.

Many war heroes fought for our freedom and died;

They too had imperfections which cannot be denied.

Some of our idols entertained us spreading joy and fun;

Others fought for our freedom or said how our countries are run.

The loss of our icons we have come to dread;

Their inspirations joined to our hearts by an invisible thread.

They gave light to our souls with their talents so bright;

To defame them in death, just isn’t right.

No matter the contribution to society they dealt;

Their talents and inspirations were profoundly felt.

Denouncing the spirits of the dead is an expression of our fear;

For our deepest wounds are echoed when we look into the mirror.

So, one last tribute to the lost icons whose talents we behold;

For they all had some darkness and many secrets untold.

It takes integrity to be heartfelt and kind;

Please honour the legacies that these icons have left behind.

[Nadine Jessel, June 29, 2009]

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“Heal the world, make it a better place,

For you and for me, and the entire human race.” ~ Michael Jackson ~

"I like to be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am." ~ Princess Diana ~

"Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it.

That's what happens to me. I can't help it." ~ Elvis Presley ~

"I am proud of what I have got and I need an audience." ~ Farrah Facwett ~

"There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it’s euphoria

and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night." ~ Ed McMahon ~

Health, Wealth and Wisdom: Get Rich or BE Rich: Paul Hawken's 2009 Commencement Address

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Security vs. Risk

     "It costs so much to be a full human being that there are very few who have the enlightenment or the courage, to pay the price....

      One has to abandon altogether the search for security, and reach out to the risk of living with both arms.  One has to embrace the world like a lover.  One has to accept pain as a condition of existence.  

     One has to court doubt and darkness as the cost of knowing.   One needs a will stubborn in conflict, but apt always to total acceptance of every consequence of living and dying." 

Morris L. West  - "The Shoes of the Fisherman"

We Are A Hologram Of God

Thanks to Sheila Robinson for this quote:

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be shining, fulfilled and happy?

Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God...

Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

~Marianne Williamson

Thanks to Michael Yonter for this post

"NOT the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where 

the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to 

the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and

 sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short 

again and again ... who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at 

the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who 

at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly." 

--Theodore Roosevelt

In my younger years, I was the one to point out how it could have been 

done better; I now choose to step into the arena where excitement, 

growth, new learnings and joy await.