Shabuya, :agree::agree::agree:, "polis" I was hoping, somebody would agree.
By the way, I just love watching different performances of the "Earth Song" because he would literally pack that denser and denser and denser- and half the time it would go over people's heads...
They would attribute him a "messiah complex" just because he dared to magnify healing, the light, to embrace...encouraging YOU and US to do the they same and to get beyond YOU and ME.
He wasn't just talking about himself, nono, he was saying, you, all, do the same...
Love it. "Earth Song" became so densely packed with it's imagery, that was almost better than opera! Love the man! :clapping:
You can always, and i mean always and forever count on me when it comes to appreciating and embracing Michael's powerful message of love, charity and responsibility. Earth song IS my favorite video of all time, it has so much power and the performances for it were always amazing, ending with the Grammy tribute. During the one concert i did attend, it was during the ending of earth song that i managed to shed a tear, the rest of the time i was simply in awe.
Michael truly was
a champion of the people by taking on the causes of the most vulnerable amongst us. What he also did, or tried to at least, but as you said, many times it didn't reach as many people as it should have, was to inspire people to change themselves and then do their part, as small or as insignifiant it might seem, to change the world.
No single man, no single nation can heal this world of ours, neither can humanity in its entirety even with the best of intentions and the most favorable of circumstances. Saving creation is part of the job description for the good Lord, at least that's what those of us who believe in a higher power think.
Notwithstanding, it doesn't mean we gotta wait for God or anybody else to do our part in changing the world. The funny thing about it is that it doesn't have to be some huge task taking on the cares of the world on our fragile shoulders, it can be something as simple as giving up your seat on the bus to an older person or a pregnant woman. I know these are simple things of common courtesy, it was meant only as an example, a small illustration, but change can only come in the 'unimportant' details of everyday life.
But little by little, with every gesture of kindness, with every smile we give to strangers, with every bit of anger we restrain from expressing we 'pollute' to world with love. Lord knows it is needed. And then, drop by drop by drop of mercy they turn into an ocean that can really change the world.
