MJ Memorial & What It Taught Me…
Fans all over the world tuned in to watch MJ’s memorial via TV, web streams and to the delight of facebookers, via facebook in collaboration with CNN…
There were tributes, words of comfort and solace to the family, there were memories rekindled, there were tears shed, there were smiles amidst sorrow… It was definitely momentous…
I was dealing with my own sorrows that only a few people knew, feeling really sad and down, and it just got overwhelmed when I watched the MJ memorial. He was loved, cherished, treasured and valued by everyone whose lives he touched personally or thru his magical composing of songs…
Yet, as many of us know, he always felt and craved for all the moments that was depicted during his memorial. It was obvious in some of his songs, the words couldn’t explain more on what he needed.
It got me thinking at that moment, what if he was displayed by this love when he was alive? Could he have lived his life differently? Could it be that all he needed was the love showered on his memorial to be displayed earlier resulting him to live his life joyfully?
Why do we wait, until a person has departed for good, never to return, to tell and show the person that they meant the world to us? Why do we wait, when there is no opportunity any longer to let them know that we wish they stayed longer with us?
Will it harm us, if we were to tell things that were to be said during the memorial of the one we love, when they are alive? To tell them that they truly are the beacon of our live, to let them know that life without them is definitely a life not worth living, to pour our heart and soul to tell them that we love them wholeheartedly?
I was missing the fb live streaming moment badly because the last it was aired for Obama’s inauguration, I had another person far away who was logged in and we were practically living the moment itself, messaging each other, leaving statuses and comments… So much so that after two comments, I resulted to watching it on Astro… those were the moments that I truly cherished and felt ‘one’ with another person… if someone tells you that one channel is enough, those were moments that we had skype, facebook and YM for webcam ON, ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!!
So today, take the time, just 30 minutes of your time and think about your parents, spouse, siblings, children, friends or anyone that you treasure in life and think of how would you react if they were to be gone tomorrow, never to return and how would you express your feelings during their memorial… [a tip: those who resides on your speed dial…]
Once you have realised how precious these people are in your life, don’t just stop there, but take the time and tell them how much you love them and how much they are treasured and do the things that you would otherwise have done differently…
Do it and see the magic of life unfold before your eyes, when your parents who have been hurt by your absence, know that they are loved dearly by you or when your children who misses their dad and mum who are working but are holding them close today knows that they are still the apple of their parent’s eyes.
Whatever you do, don’t delay or hold it on for another day, as life has revealed to us, no moment is better than NOW… you never know if tomorrow might come for yourself or the person who you love dearly… Don’t let it be series of words you say during a memorial but make it words that would remain in memory for a lifetime…
I know the feeling of having lost a loved one; I recently lost my grandfather ; although he ws 95 ... but seeing him take his last breath, and me going into panic attack, calling the ambulance and pacing up and down for them to come and take to the hospital with the hope to revive him... hearing the ambulance from afar and seeing them try to revive him while putting him on a strecher to take him to the Emergency Unit ... it was at that very moment that it hit me; I hadnt said I love you Nanaji and thank you for bringing me into your family... nor did i say goodbye ; because I was never prepared to...
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