I was having dinner with my friend Ralph, when I took out my phone and saw missed text messages announcing the death of Whitney Houston. After I shared this news with Ralph, we talked about the songs that came immediately to our minds in honor of Whitney…all for different reasons that were connected to various occasions at any given time of our lives.
But overall, no matter the song, we agreed on the momentous impact that her talent and voice had and the gift her existence gave to this world. After I watched the media broadcast aspects of her life from her first introduction on Merv Griffin singing “Home” to her last video “I Look To You,“ the shortness of life became palpable. It left me asking, “What is the difference between being alive and truly living?”What I have learned, in times of loss and grief, is that it is my responsibility to move forward in honoring those whose lives have ended, but in the same breath recognize the overall gift of life. For a moment, I will sit in reflection and mourn. It has been said that weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning. However, what’s most important is deciding what I will do when the mourning ends and the morning comes that will help me fulfill the life I most want to live. If not now, then when?
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