A new perspective on MJ

Honestly, at first, when I heard of Michael Jackson’s death, no emotion stirred up within me. I was shocked at first, yes, but I wasn’t really affected. I know, I know, we were in his generation, but I really wasn’t attached to him.

I guess I was indifferent, and I really didn’t really care about him. I ahrdly knew him, and most of what I knew were the few “negative” news about him. Pity on me actually.

Although I wasn’t really interested, one cannot escape the news, where MJ seems to be everywhere. So when I was able to catch some clips of his memorial and his life, I got stuck. And I got to know him better.

During the memorial, I saw artists breaking down while singing, remembering the icon that gave so much to the music industry. And I saw how his friends talked about him. I saw how his family grieved him. It was a touching memorial from the moment his casket was brought in to the moment his casket was brought out by one of those moving companies Los Angeles we don’t even know of to a destination that even the LA police don’t know.

But what touched me the most, and I believe the rest of the world too, was how much his kids loved him as their father. To them, he was the best father.

I don’t know about you, but no matter how weird the world thinks a person he is, for me, MJ’s character was reflected a lot in how his children look at up him. And I was touched at how MJ’s kids rever him. And no matter how “bad” the press makes MJ look, in my book, all that has changed. MJ must have been a good person to have been able to love and nurture his kids the way he had. After all, if most of the world perceive him to be “bad” or “sick,” how was he able to raise such loving and gentle children who so obviously love him so much? The answer is simple, there is goodness in MJ, it seems.

And as parent, I can only wish that my daughter will say the same thing about me what MJ’s kids said about him.

Rest in peace, MJ. And if your kids reflect what your life story has been, then it was all good.