Let's hope the trend of posting about folks passing ends quickly, but in this case, the lessons that go far beyond an individual's life are worth celebrating.
I'm prepared to be annoyed by the results of the Virginia gubernatorial election. And the general drift of society at the moment is disappointing, at best. Maybe dismaying is a better way to say it. But Michael Johnson's dad tells us there's a better way.
"When you step away from your agenda, notice that there are moments you can make someone's life better...", that's Ernie Johnson's message, one that he and a whole of folks in his son Michael's orbit learned from a Romanian orphan with muscular dystrophy.
Michael died yesterday at 33. May we all have as much impact as he did.
And amidst the stuff that will continue to piss me off and challenge my understanding of my fellow man, I hope that I abide Ernie Johnson's message that there's value in everybody.
Love you, too, Gheorghies.
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