Remebering Micheal Jackson

 I wrote this blog some time ago, but the mark  the legendary King of Pop Micheal Jackson left on the world is unquestionable. The spiritual aspect of this Blog is that Micheal himself was a spiritual human being. He possessed the innocence of a child even as an adult, and these are qualities men revile but God adores. As I begin to write this tribute I can recall from memories about his life since he was 51 years old when he died, I am currently 63 years old. I grew up with the Jackson Five, it was during the latter part of the 60's and 70's; and the black community had a lot of social issues we were dealing with and musical groups like the Jackson's helped even children of my age forget some of our social problems. We use to sing along and form our own little Jackson Five groups to emulate the boys from Indiana. Right from their first big debut on national television on the Ed Sullivan show it was apparent who the star of the group was, little MJ. The littlest member of the group with the big voice and the incredulous dance moves always stole our hearts and the show, and we fell in love with him right from the start. Long before Micheal Jordan came along and we wanted to be like Mike, we wanted to be like Micheal Jackson of the Jackson Five. I also might add that his musical genre transcended all racial, cultural, economic and ethnic barriers. He had crazy mass appeal.

We watched Micheal grow from a small talented child into a musical Icon of unimagined magnitude, it was mind boggling to watch. who can ever forget his legendary performance of Billie Jean on the Motown 25th year anniversary special. Women literally cried and grown men and little boys alike started learning how to do the moon walk, we were mesmerized beyond our wildest dreams. Now as great as all of that was that was only the beginning of his rise to stardom. Through the years as we followed him he would take us to even higher heights, Of course the first adult album was off the wall, next would come thriller, Bad, Dangerous and History. We were along for the ride and he could do no wrong and he held a special place in the hearts of people around the world.

There is enough negative press out there about him, a tribute should concentrate on the positive aspects of an individuals life so that will be my focus. The spiritual aspects of Michael's life escapes most of his skeptics. that he was a spiritual human being is confirmed in his music and his life. One very important aspect of the human experience that we all have to face is, the choices we make in regards to how much influence good has in our lives. In my opinion Micheal's life transcended the human experience of humanity to man. He was a good, kind, caring and decent human being, and he was concerned about our planet and children. He was also concerned about the elements of our society were we have developed a habit of mistreating each other. We know he was concerned because in the latter part of his career as he matured he wrote songs about it, like The Earth Song, Human Nature, We are The World and who could ever forget Man in The Mirror, and we could feel his message in the words and his voice and it gave us goose bumps, and just for a moment while we listened to his music, our hearts were all in the same place. He is on record as being one of the biggest philanthropist the world has ever know. He gave untold amounts of money to charitable causes.

Finally it is sad but true that the world that we live in has made a habit of destroying human beings who it would seem are concerned about the welfare of others. Micheal Jackson in my opinion was a kindred spirit like no other we will ever have the opportunity to know. His passing like others before him, John Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr and other notables has left the world a less hospitable place, All of our abilities to be at our best has been lessened and we will all suffer to some extint because of it. Rest In Peace Micheal we will miss you so very much.