Today with the news about James Gandolfini passing away at 51 yrs. old from a heart attack, the media and many people are all of a sudden lamenting the loss of this man, but I am not.
Why am I not. Do I dislike him, do I have something like a grudge against this man. No I do not. Then why do I not lament his passing.
Let me answer that question this way and by doing so you will probably not lament him as well.
To those that are “heart broken” and publically lament the passing of this man, James Gandolfini, let me ask this of you. As you lamenting the loss of the 72yr old GrandMa from Idaho that quietly passed away in her forgotten adult care facility bed, where She spent the last 4 yrs. of her Life thinking I will get back out in the World, just a few more days and I will be Me again. Or the Married Man, Father to 3 Children that was killed by a drunk Driver while driving home in California, after he had worked late to finish up a project that his Boss failed to do, then that Boss slyly threatened his job if He didn’t stay late and finish the work. Or the Child born in New York City at 12:01 am that born too early and not being able to survive died moments later. The Drug addicted Mom that lost her Life & Her Children due to her heroin addiction that bought some drugs from an unknown dealer because the Old Dealer refused to supply her any longer and that New Dealer had laced that Heroin with poison and that Women died under a bridge, alone in the dark, forgotten and thrown away.
I do not lament a persons dying simple because I am human and that person’s passing must mean a loss to Me if that loss is to mean anything to Me.
I am not condemning or condoning the lack of concern most People have for the ones that pass away every minute of every day. What I am trying to convey is the sense of “Just Loss” in a Persons Life.
James Gandolfini was an Actor, he parroted very well, the words Other People fed to Him, that’s it and nothing more. He was very good at playing pretend. And that play, that acting did not give anything value to my Life. I am not better or worse for watching him play pretend.
James Gandolfini was not my Brother, My Father, My Child he was no relation to me or too most of you. To Us, he was an imaginary Character observed on a Television screen.
The People I pointed out earlier that died without a notice from humanity, I did that to pull down reality and try to impress that the passing of One single person We foolishly believe has an effect upon Our lives is meaningless to All of Us in the long broad scheme of things.
Yes He died, big woop, just the same way People read a story about someone dying that they do not know. You might pause read the story if it is reported and think, hmmfth, now what else is there to devour and read.
I am not saying that ever “celeb” that passes should be held to this standard, I am not saying any standard should apply, I am just pointing out things.
To me the People that I do not know or will never know that pass, that I do some what lament are those People that add a value to My Life, the poets, the writers, the Comedian that force a person to think, the lone person that rides a bus not for Others but for Themselves and for the pride of doing something right in the face of so many wrongs. The single mom that stands up and fights for what is Right, when she doesn’t have to because something inside tells her, you can’t stay quiet too many are dying because of the bad work practices.
Those People I lament, because their Lives gave to Me a value that I can never repay. The World is a better place with Them having been alive in it for the Time they did.
Now I will end this by saying, yes James Gandolfini did really good at playing pretend and his family is now the ones with the loss, not you or me, so please stop it with this hero worship and media onslaught that happens every time some Celeb meets with Nature and passes away.
All of the fussing and mindless banter, is kind of insulting, if you are a thinking Human and sort of pandering to the low “Iq-ish” spectrum of Civil Society. Don’t lose focus on the here, the now and the things which truly effect Your Life and add or detract value from Your Life, Your Freedom and stop allowing the shiny lights from the press distract you from those valuable things…
Lament the Ones that stood for Themselves and effected Your life for the better, even if you were watching Them and not for those that showed up and accolades were showered on them as if they were the 2nd coming..
Just my humble opinion on a Thing…
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