He Said It….

 

 

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more.

You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself.

Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever.

Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon.

You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.”

Bob Marley

Bob The Legend

My dear friend Minx(www.minkipraat.wordpress.com) inspired me to write about the late great Bob Marley.

I don’t profess to know much about him and I don’t have much, if any of his music. I heard that he had over a hundred different species of lice in is dreads when he died(I dont know whether this is true or not). I heard that he was a freedom fighter of sorts. And I know he had children.

What I do know is this. Every time I hear his music I relax a little bit. For a moment I am at ease, transported to my happy place. He was an inspiration to many people, his music is Legend, he is Legend. Strangely enough one of my favourite descriptions of this man comes from one of my favourite movies, I AM LEGEND. Starring Will Smith as a man alone in Manhattan, looking for a cure for the virus that has caused the human population to turn into zombies. His only companion a dog called Sam.

For me the most unforgettable scene in the entire movie is the Bathtub scene, where late at night, Neville(Will Smith) and his Dog Sam are lying in the bathtub, in darkness, and as the screams and yells from the creatures outside their home reach them, Neville sings Bob Marley’s words:

 Singin’: “Don’t worry ’bout a thing,

‘Cause every little thing gonna be all right.”

Singin’: “Don’t worry (don’t worry) ’bout a thing,

‘Cause every little thing gonna be all right!”

The words come from the song “Three Little Birds”.

I’m not ashamed to say that I cried at this point in the movie, like a little baby. But I think we can all relate. Man is not destined to be alone in this world, we need human interaction. We need the comeraderie, the banter and the joys, the love and all the other things that make us human, that give us a reason to live for.

When Neville explained to Anna who Bob Marley was:

He had this idea. It was kind of a virologist idea. He believed that you could cure racism and hate… literally cure it, by injecting music and love into people’s lives. When he was scheduled to perform at a peace rally, a gunman came to his house and shot him down. Two days later he walked out on that stage and sang. When they asked him why – He said, “The people, who were trying to make this world worse… are not taking a day off. How can I? Light up the darkness.”

In a small way, all of us need to light up the darkness. We can all contribute to making this a better world to live in.

We can all give our light to those around us.

The man, the legend, Bob Marley, will never die, his music lives, the spirit of his words lives within all of us.

“One love, one heart, one destiny.”

Bob Marley

06.02.1945 – 11.05.1981

“His voice was an omnipresent cry in our electronic world. His sharp features, majestic looks, and prancing style a vivid etching on the landscape of our minds. Bob Marley was never seen. He was an experience which left an indelible imprint with each encounter. Such a man cannot be erased from the mind. He is part of the collective consciousness of the nation”.

P.S. I now finally know what 4:20 means