He passed away precisely how he lived his life. He fought like I’ve never seen anyone fight for anything before. And when it was time to go, he bowed out as gracefully as anyone possibly could have. It was the perfect metaphor.
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“Wow, what a relief, I feel so vindicated. All it took was a single Black man to be elected as President of the United States for an entire planet to drop their small-minded, selfish tendencies? What took so bloody long?”
“It’s really a great story. Take my word for it…”
“Greed and a seeming impetus to profit from anything that could be held for ransom is a common theme in todays world. And at any cost, right? And “water” is such an important element of life people will pay for it. If forced to. It hardly seems that far fetched…”
“The point of me writing this isn’t necessarily to draw upon comparisons between the movie and myself, but rather to take the inspiration watching the film has left me and embark on something different, exciting and new.”
“… I’m not convinced past practices will get me much further. I’m not at all saying the past 11 and a bit years were a waste, or a lost opportunity. Far from it…”
“Like a punch in the neck, I had to take “a few steps back,” wipe the tears from my eyes, catch my breath and contemplate. My life, sure but also the lives before me which are directly responsible for me being here. Those of my Grandparents.”