Dear brothers and sisters, As you begin your day today, I
want to talk to you about 'Robin Williams', if you do a little google about
him, you will get to see a lot of messages and obituaries from his friends,
fans, all of which would speak about how great an inspiration he was, what a
great human being he was, his charity work etc., you won't be able to find one
negative thing about him. Even when you try and recollect his face, you only
would see an ever smiling face. A man who made us happy.
A couple of days ago, I came across this article from an air
hostess, sharing her experiences with him over the years, she goes on to tell,
how good a person he was in spite of his 'celebrity' status. And how he always
made her feel special, during the flight. Last night, I stumbled upon yet
another article, where an event organizer or someone of that sort, talks about
his encounter with him. All these celebrities, when they sign up for an act /
movie / show, they give the organizers, I guess they call it a 'Rider'
list, which would basically contain
everything, every little bit of things the artist would need during the
production, it kind of would tell what kind of 'person' he / she is going by
the requirements sort to speak. Now Mr.Williams' list, I guess would always
(have) say that the studio / organizers would have to hire a certain number of
'homeless' people to work in that particular project. That was also one of his
ways of touching lives in addition to other philanthropy works of his..
Now, we are looking
at a man who had everything, and he did everything he could for people around
him, yet he could not find his peace, he died a lonely death, they say
'suicide' it was.
We too are 'Robin Williams' in some way, we try and inspire
people when we can, we try to keep everyone around us happy, we do charity in
our own small ways, we try and make a difference in this world with our little
deeds.
We need to understand that all of this would only give us
'SATISFACTION'.. The real 'PEACE' can come only through Christ
(John 14:27) Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I
do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and
do not be afraid.
May we examine our hearts this morning, beyond all our
'satisfactions' May we find HIM. May we find 'Peace'.
What good it is to gain the whole world, but loose ones
soul? (Matt 16:26)
Good Morning and God Bless!!
