This morning I got word from my mom that a friend of mine, Matthew McCully, was walking home from work Tuesday night and was hit and killed by a drunk driver.
Matt was an aspiring writer and artist with a lot of talent. He was a smart man, creative, inventive and I consider it a privilege to have known Matt for several years.
He was a great guy and his passing is our great loss.
I'm not sure where I first heard that phrase but Randy Pausch gives a humorous example of it in his Last Lecture speech - I blogged about him earlier this month. (He continues to fight his disease)
Psychology is not my strong suit (not by a long shot) so it is very possible that I am misusing this phrase but I have noticed something lately and this is the phrase that keeps popping in to my head. I have noticed that I (and quite a few other people) are greatly effected by the death of one individual.
The "wheels of justice" will turn and try to make some human solution to the horror that happened Thursday morning. While I strongly support the "rule of law", many of us know that no man or woman can find their purpose until they look beyond themselves to the Almighty.
And there are some who show us The Purpose every day of their lives.
If by chance you grew up in:
1) a cave
2) a strict religious commune
3) a foreign country
and you somehow never heard of Bo Diddley then you owe it to yourself to watch these videos. (My wife is #3)
Bo Diddley - in his prime
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
(and from 1960)
Bo Diddley - Road Runner
(April 1999 Tom Petty has a wish come true - playing with Bo Diddley)
Tom Petty, Bo Diddley - Mona
William F. Buckley Jr., founder of National Review, Emmy winning host of "Firing Line" and one time candidate for mayor of New York City is dead at 82.
CNN obit
Boston Globe article
International Herald Tribune article
the wife of a good friend passed away this morning after a long illness. she was 34.
pray for the family.
