Sunday, July 19, 2020

Heroes


Thank you for your life, John Lewis. You ran the race for all of us, magnificent to the end. I heard someone say yesterday, in paying tribute to you, that your most subversive act was growing old. I didn’t agree. I believe your greatest genius was your humility, your stubborn belief in the best of us, and the way it made you bold. Rise in power, Good Sir. You used your life to make the world better for those who follow. You earned this rest. Walk into the next world like the king you are. On this side, we will hold you in love and gratitude and carry on in your name. 
♥️

13 comments:

  1. "We’ll hold you in love and gratitude and carry on in your name."

    Yes.

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  2. A truly beautiful tribute to a king. Yes, love and gratitude, we will carry on in his name.

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  3. carrying the torch is heavy, important, we will do it, your memory not far from us, our hearts. Dear man.

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  4. That is one of the most wonderful things I have ever read- thank you for writing such beautiful words ... and Rise in Power, American hero ... never forgotten-

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  5. You've said it so much better than I could have. And that picture somehow makes me happy and makes me want to cry, all at the same time. I am sorry for the world's loss.

    "Thank you for your life", indeed.

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  6. You used your life to make the world better for those who follow. ..... How good would this world be if everyone did this. But alas.....

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  7. What a beautiful tribute to a man who shaped the future.

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  8. We surely need more people in the world like John Lewis.

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  9. May we learn from his example and continue his fight.

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