“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities” Albert Einstein
This fits well with MJ’s life- a life marked by extraordinary highs and lows. The world has still not got over Michael Jackson’s death. Surprisingly, the usual ridicule has given way to awe. May his soul rest in peace.
I have always been a big fan of him. His plastic surgeries made him look like a ghost. His interviews sounded like he was spaced out. He walked in a different world that we couldn’t touch. I realized that MJ’s power was in breaking away from the limitations of the world and not in fitting in.
To me MJ was more of a spirit than a human. He was a spirit that was uncomfortable in this world, uncomfortable about the rules and norms and the limitations. He dared to create his own world and he scaled new heights by doing so.
People who know him cannot stop talking about his humility. He made his fans feel as if he was their fan than the other way around. He always yearned for perfection and he knew that the world was no place for that. He spoke of healing and actually did that in his own way.
MJ was a little child trapped in an adult’s body. As a child he was forced to become an adult and when he grew up he regressed back. He held on to the innocence and sweetness and was untainted by the norms. The wisdom of a child is much more than any adult, they say. That was true with Michael and that gave him the immense power to shake the world. He left a great legacy behind, the legacy of a man who never failed to dream, who retained the purity and innocence of a child and yet wielded invincible power that millions can only imagine. And throughout his highs and lows he remained humble and sweet.
Ridiculers do not understand that this man could not be normal with the kind of creativity and power that he was blessed with. Normalcy would not have created MJ-the legend. That’s a good price to pay, given what MJ achieved within his limited time.
I loved the memorial and was touched by how lovely his kids have turned out. Biological or not, they love him and he has brought them up really well. He lived a life that we cannot relate to. But we can never deny the fact that he gave back much more than what the world gave him. He was and will always remain the ‘King of pop’.
The only downer was the song "We have come to see the king' used for MJ. But I was relieved that Pastor Lucius Smith put things in perspective in his closing prayer by saying "The King of Pop must bend his knee to the King of Kings"
“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.”
—Michael Jackson
