Thursday, May 3, 2012

Junior Seau, was a great athlete and achieved so much in his sport through out his career.  It is always incomprehensible how someone can take their own life, when we think they have so much going for them.  The difficulty is that we as fans forget that these gifted people that we so admire are complex human beings, just like us.  The life of someone with fame, celebrity or wealth, can add additional complications to the already complex formula of being human.  Although we admire so many people like this, we never know how much pain they may be in when they are not in the public eye. Experiencing loss is such an intense emotion that it takes so much time for one to be able see the light at the end of that dark tunnel.  Through out the  years we have lost many gifted and talented individuals far too soon.  The losses magnify when we add our own personal hero's and shero's that meant so much in our own lives.  Let us not forget the talent and gifts that all of these people brought into our world as we continue to celebrate their many achievements and the value they added to us.  May this also remind us about how we need to continue to do the right things for the right reasons and help others that may need us to lend them our own personal talents and gifts.  Junior to you I say, your life was a great season and "tofa soifua", which means goodbye in Samoan.

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