Seton Hall University Class of 2020Follow me on Twitter & Instagram if you'd like @Nick_Hession"A new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo with laughter." — Led Zeppelin
Like most in 2016, this past week has been especially tough. The loss of legends like Ali and Howe, will bring out the emotions inside of you, as the people of the world pay their respects to those that made their lives worthwhile. It inspires you, to one day create a legacy that when your time on this earth is done, people will remember you. For, as we know, death is inevitable, but the memory of you can live on forever through the hearts of those you inspire.
Now, it wasn’t until the late news tonight that singer Christina Grimmie had died due to a gunshot wound at a concert that it all really hit home for me. Two sides of the spectrum. Two legends of sport, who lived full, gratifying and inspiring lives passing away. A young girl with the sunrise in her palms has hers taken from her in a senseless tragedy. Like blood, life is crimson. It is every shade of red, it is an auburn sky, it is a burgundy goodbye.
Fragile is used often, to describe the life we lead. Shootings are not new, death is not new. The concept of living is something we need. For all the purple rain and bees and butterflies can paint the sky in that crimson sunset, but without a back story, they are nothing but nature’s castoffs. The opportunity to live, to be your own person, to let your story unfold in front of your eyes is something nobody should have taken from them.
Red is also about love. In loss, we must bring ourselves closer to those we have, and ensure that for every swatch of red you paint the world, you paint some yellow for the sunlight. For we may cry, we may break, we may lose sight of that sun in the sky, but it is there. And though for some, the sun has set, and for others, it is just beginning to rise, as long as it lives on inside of us, we will never be alone.
If you think about it, the whole commercial is cyclical. The commercial opens with him being single, and the end of the commercial implies that he’s single again.
In the State Farm commercial ‘Never’, a man professes he will never get married, have kids, or buy a minivan, but does all those things. The last thing he says is “I’m never letting go”, implying he’s about to abandon his family.
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• churches in texas
• abandoned 7/11’s
• your bedroom at 5 am
• hospitals at midnight
• warehouses that smell like dust
• lighthouses with lights that don’t work anymore
• empty parking lots
• ponds and lakes in suburban neighborhoods
• rooftops in the early morning
• inside a dark cabinet