| | This is to the greatest man I've had the pleasure of meeting... and to hope that someday I'll be man enough to stand in his... no... To to hope that one
day I can be the person that he would have been proud to have followed him.
A man who never turned or stopped at difficulty.
A man who never backed down, no matter the reason, if something was correct.
A man who can look ahead and go towards the future, sure in the path chosen.
A man who never second guesses.
I was able to keep enough of what little i was able to learn to keep me together this long... but along the way I forgot to keep going.
I would never second guess a decision already made... never waste time over things that can't change....
but I forgot the most important thing was to keep going forward.
The most important thing was to not only live your life, but to make it yours.
It is not enough to let the world come at you, but you must make your own world.
I'd forgotten this in so many years of surviving... of keeping others together.
But if you only fix the world you're in, you can never focus on making your world yours.
This is my tribute to the greatest man I've ever known...
This is my regret that I was not able to learn more from him while he was here.
Or to show him how much i've done in with my world.
He was there to pull me out of my hole... to give my the power to live one more time.
He allowed me to keep living by believing in me, by sharing his life with me so that I could believe in him.
The greatest gift he ever gave me... was my own life.
He started it.. and he prevented me from ending it.
And entrusted that power in me so that i'd survive his last wish in this world.
With that gift... this is what I have to show.
I have my friends... not just one or two, but many. Many that I'd trust with my life, with my future. With my hopes and dreams.
I have someone i can care for. Reguardless of where future takes me, I have someone I can believe in, who i can put my effort in, and who believes in
me.
I have a family who i can protect and be there for.
And finally I have myself...
The greatest hardship I ever faced in life, was finally being old enough to duel with you as an equal, and you are no longer there.
To finally be able to learn and improve, and not have a master to teach.
To never be able to prove to you I could beat you.
I wear this smile because I know I have no limit.
Even if I lose today, or tomorrow, or for the forseeable future,
I will win eventually.
I've taken your smile, and I think i finally understand what it is.
I was never quite sure, whether it was sarcasm, stubborness, or just
being a general asshole.
But i think I've finally understand all of what you meant.
I wear this smile not out of skill, or knowledge, but out of pride.
Because that is the one lesson I was old enough to learn,
even though it took me this long to finish the lesson.
"A man's pride is his greatest asset...
Stand tall, never look down. Look no one else as superior."
Pride in myself,
Pride in what i've done,
Pride in what i've learned.
I think i understand it now, and so this is for you.
I've taken your smile, and made it my own.
I've used what you gave me, and built a life out of it.
And now i've learned your last lesson... and will carve my own future with it.
I haven't surpassed you yet,
but I finally feel i can start trying.
Thank you, Sir.
Thank you, Dad.
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| | Posted 3/16/2008 10:41 AM - 35 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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