More Than Just the King of Pop

"If you want to be a street sweeper then sweep the streets like Beethoven played music..."

Tonight I saw the biggest memorial service I have ever seen. The memorial for Michael Jackson. It made me wonder who this man truly is, beyond being Michael Jackson, an Entertainer, the King of Pop.

I never knew him beyond his songs, but after hearing all the testimonials tonight from people who have experienced him, it felt like I had experienced him from a completely different perspective. I saw not just that legendary Michael Jackson anymore, but a humanitarian who used his gift to give people hope, direction, love, peace of mind, fulfillment.

I saw a man who, beyond the colours of his skin, at different times in his life has been able to unite people, touch people's lives and send a message to the world with words as simple as PEACE & LOVE. He taught the world that all of us - young and old, male and female, black and white, Asian and Latino, all races and all kinds of people - are one world and that we can live in peace.

The question then for me is: Does God care about how you change the colour of your skin or about how you use your heart for the goodness of mankind?

I am truly touched, and for me this is both an inspiration and a further reinforcement that I can be who I want to be by doing it the best way I can, I can change peoples lives, I can put smiles on peoples faces and ultimately I can be there for the good of mankind.

There is a Michael Jackson in every one of us, let's find it and spread the message of LOVE & PEACE amongst our brothers and sisters.

Rest in Peace, MJ.