Missing Mr. Keating

This tribute will probably get lost in the outpour following his passing but still.

I grew up watching Robin Williams and at one time, I wished he would magically turn up at school to holler at my ear, "Seize the day!" He was a lot of things: talented, funny, clever, intelligent, and sad. Like most of us, he was all these interesting things and he was sad, too.

Always and never just or only. 

Because we can be a lot of these interesting things and also be sad. Sometimes the sadness can be all encompassing; it can be so big and complete and we feel powerless at its enormity. But sadness does not invalidate the other beautiful parts of ourselves although it has a tendency to stay.

I presume it held on than necessary and we have, thus, lost a tremendously talented man. There is a story here somewhere. Even in his passing, like his movies, he leaves us with a lesson.

Rest in peace, dear Sir.