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    Remembering Michael Jackson

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    What if, In legacy, he left his life?

     

    Had anyone ever considered: What if Michael Jackson  felt he had nothing else to live for? What if Michael Jackson was overwhelmed  and felt as if he had no more to live for? What if he knew that physically, he was unable to live up to the expectations of fifty shows at fifty years old?

     

    Just suppose that Michael Jackson was in severe emotional ambivalence, what would be logical? If Michael Jackson was not in good health and had not been practicing or rehearsing with his ensemble, there may have been a reason. Maybe Michael was given a vision and knew that his demise was near?

     

    See, Michael Jackson had a religious mother and despite all his ups and downs she continued to pray for him. Prayer changes things, but  ultimately, God has the last say! .Perhaps Michael had made peace with God...

     

    Michael was under a great deal of stress and he was overwhelmed with the possibility of being a failure. See, regardless of whether we believe he has gone to soon or not,  God has the last say and it was his time. What if God decided to eliminate Michael's pain and suffering?

     

    See, his heart was heavy and his ambition to live had left him.  All the good that Michael jackson stood for was knocked down by libel and slander. No longer was Michael Jackson himself, he became obsessed with showing the world something, but he did not possess the stamina or the health to do so..

     

    Why should he have to continue to prove himself? This man has help the sick and deprived, what more do we want? Michael was naive and did not want to be remembered by the fallacy in 2005, its quite obvious that he wanted to prove to the world that he was not that individual that so many perceived him to be!

     

    Michael Jackson loved people and most of all, love children. God knows, Michael would never harm a child, but critics may have contributed to his death. We have watched the rise and fall of an American Legend. Childhood stardom can be detrimental to some and beneficial to others.

     

    Determination and drive were factors behind Michael Jackson's success, but what if  untrue accusations haunted you constantly? Determination and drive would be at stake, unrealistic fantasies become real and decision making becomes distorted.These were the factors surrounding the declination of Michael Jackson.

     

    Next, Michael Jackson, knew, "This is It!" I believe that Michael Jackson had a plan and his legacy is an eye opener. Riches and Gold mean nothing if you are unhappy with yourself.

     

    Michael Jackson was devistated by financial calamity and vicious lies and rumors. He was astound and baffled, all the good he done was overshadowed by monentary greed.

     

    Michael Jackson was at the turning point in his life and was not sure in which direction to turn. I am sure he was haunted while he tried to sleep, this lead to insomnia, he had a number of ideas that awakened him while attempting to rest.

     

    Michael Jackson was sleep deprived. It is apparent that he suffered from an antisocial personality disorder that id evidenced by his bizarre reactions to stress and criticism.

     

    it is no doubt,  if Michael Jackson had been somewhat educated, he would have been the first African american president in the United States, but unfortunately, he was also deprived of that childhood developemental stage.

     

    No, I am not blaming Joseph Jackson, he was a steel worker that envisioned " a dream,"  a way out. His children possessed talent and he wanted them to work hard at it and rise above expectations and that takes discipline.

     

    Actually, others may not "spank" their children or "pick" at them, but may impose ither forms of discipline. Disclipline and Sacrfice are interchangeable, you can't have sucess without the both of them.

     

    Indubitably,  Joseph Jackson wishes that he could take back the statement and switch, but would they have been as successful without him? Often, when people possess money, they forget how they got to where thay were headed. Michael Jackson did not know any better.

     

    I am sure that his naiveness has caused him some financial hardship. People were always taking advantage of Michael, he was not mature enough to understand that is why he loved being with children.

     

    Children are nonjudgemental, we adults teach them what we feel is right or wrong, they are not given choices.  So I stress again, Michael and his siblings may have been "whipped," but we he be an icon today if his dad did not instill in him the great ethics that he did?

     

    Sure, it is hurtful to watch such a great man deteriorate throughout the years, but there have been plenty of "warning signs." I saw the signs long ago, but I have no voice because I am noone in the eyes of must.

     

    Of all the prescriptions that are claimed to be given, why was this man still so emotionally unbalanced? I keep hearing about the use of IV medication, even ones as simple as "herbal multivitamins," why were they not given by mouth? IVs should not be used for everyday remedies because veins are fragille and should be payed close attention to. A vein could become infiltrated ot DVTs could become present , why was this the only way we could get supplement in him?

     

    If he was unable to take medicines or foods by mouth, why wasn't an alternate introduced? If Michael had all the different physicians why did they not notice that he was losing weight, under tremendous stress and emotionally unstable?

     

    Seriously, I could see that Michael Jackson had a personality disorder, why could't anyone else? I am sure that he had a skin disease, did it develope after so may surgeries?

     

    See, all of this was his way of begging for help. His nanny made him stop seeing the kids, I am sure he changed in order to see the kids again. It made him look at things from a different an adult perspective, but we all know if you don't seek proper medical attention or primarily, God, you can not be delivered from the addiction.

     

    Addictions are habit forming and not easily given up. What if  Michael Jackson have enjoyed the feeling of something the IVs in his veins. Maybe it was a form of self-mutulation? Maybe Michael asked others to give him things through his vein because he did not have the heart to do it himself?

     

    Lastly, noone dies before their time. As sure as we live we must die. It is a horrid loss for the Lengendary King of Pop, but even more indescribable for his immediate friens and family.

     

    His children, regardless of who conceived them, he raised and loved them as his own. Why should we give them DNA testing or even put them through the agony of" what if" he is not the father? Is anyone thinking about the children? They have lost a father and have never known a mother!

     

    In America, there are thousands of people that adopt or use surrogates, it gives me hope! Hope to know that some people have a different purpose in life. Leave the children alone! They have heard enough from the media and have witnesssed enough in a lifetime.

     

    Why should we take their birth right from them. They have always been known as Michael Jackson's children, why meddle with DNA and deny them the right to remember him as their father?

     

    What if Michael Jackson had lived to see the drama that we have put his chilren through even after his demise? It would be even more detrimental to him, much so as to cause him to have a "cardiac arrest" the "correct." way.

     

    Michael Jackson had been a dead man walking for quite sometime, it is sinful to believe that lies and rumors haunt him even after his demise. This was a giving man, but we have taken his legacy and tormented his family and his children.

     

    Sadly, in your life you may contribute  to someone else'd lefe, but when you expire it is realized that your contributions were never enough.

     

    Some say money is the root of all evil, I definitely believe that the "tongue" takes lead. The words out of your mouth, whether true or not, can single-handedly destroy anyone.

     

    Michael Jackson is a victim. He was a victim of life and a vitim of death, an ambiguous genuis. This was a man that symbolized hope for African American and prompted White Americans to moraly contemplate.

     

    Now some compare him to Elvis, but I compare him to the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Michael Jackson was cunning and promising. He defied racial barriers and united all nationalities and races by one component; his music.

     

    In legacy, he left his life. He left behind an ambiguous life!  A life to be remembed and to never be forgotten.  He left a life of hope and a life of  despair. He left a life of dreams and a life of reality. He left a life of many races and nationalities. He left a life of suspense and a life of  certainty. He left a life of family here and joined a more understanding family up there. He left a life of hurt and gained a life of peace u[ there. He left a life of emotional strain and attained a life of emotional gain.

     

    Michael Jackson left a life of ridicule and left a life of acceptace. He left a life of desolation and surrounded himself with friends. He left a life of inpatience and left a life of anxiety. He left a life of prejudice and  left a life of racially motivated indiscretion.

     

    He left a life of rumors and and animosity. He left a life that burdened him and haunts him still to this day. He left a life to his beautiful kids and how dare we take that away! He left a life without indication, some say he left supernaturally, but he left this life to leave a life and a true legacy. He is up there with someone who knows him better than you and me!

     

    Rest in Peace__Michael Jackson_

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