R.I.P. Robin Williams

It was so sad to wake up this morning and read the news that Robin Williams had passed away.

What a legend, and a brilliant man - the saddest part about this is that he committed suicide and a man with so many friends and with so much going for him could choose to end his life.

I have lost so many friends to suicide and know so many parents who have lost children to suicide, I think this is the worst thing a human being can do as they leave behind all those people who think - "What could I have done to stop this?", "Why didn't they talk to me?" 

You wonder what goes on in a persons mind those last hours before thy end it all.  A parent and friends never get over the fact that a person committed suicide and until they themselves have passed on will always question "Why".  Suicide might be the end of all your problems, but it creates so many problems for everyone else.

Majority of the people I know who have committed suicide have been under the influence of Alcohol or Drugs and can only imagine that they weren't thinking of the consequences at the time but only their reasons for ending it all.

My first recollection of seeing Robin Williams was the TV sitcom "Mork and Mindy" - Mork from Ork, I fell in love with him, he was so funny and from that day on I have tried to see everything he acted in.  My favorites are most definitely "Good Morning Vietnam", "The birdcage", "Mrs Doubtfire" and far too many to list here!

Farewell Robin, such a sad loss to all of us!

Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good

One of my favorite singers of all time, I somehow new she was going to join the likes of Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Brian Jones who all died when they were 27, mainly from drug overdoses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club

Life

Wow, I think this year has already taught me many lessons:

1.    When you are low and you think things can't get any worse ... they can.
2.    Life is short
3.    Appreciate and cherish your friends and family as you never know how much time you will have with them
4.    Don't take anything for granted, it never turns out that way
5.    Life often throws lemons at us, just get out the bottle of tequila
6.    Don't put off today what you think you can do and say tomorrow, you may never get the opportunity
7.    Never say I love you or I am sorry unless you really mean it
8.    Treasure the special moments with friends and family
9.    Always remember where you came from
10.  People may be better off than you in life, but in Death we are all the same.

To all my friends and family I love you very much and especially to my D and Em, I will always love you!

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count.  It's the life in your years.  ~Abraham Lincoln



Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.  ~Scottish Proverb


Many people die with their music still in them.  Why is this so?  Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live.  Before they know it, time runs out.  ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Matt Cardle - When We Collide on MUZU.