I have been planning on offering my thoughts about a subject that is quite painful to me, but I am going to do so, in the best way that I can. Today, two years ago, I lost a very good friend of mine. Honestly it was one of most saddest and shocking moments of my life. During one of my darkest, and bleakest periods, when I had few friends, when I was almost literally binge drinking myself to death due to a bout of depression, this friend of mine would spend hours and hours and hours talking on the phone with me and listening to me as I sorted out my problems with him...But no matter how down I was or how dejected I felt, my friend would always tell me, "Keep your head up because you are going to do big things"... In a way this friend of mine saved my life, despite the fact that at that very same time he was battling his own personal demons. Upon his death, I swore to myself that I was going to live every day as if it were my last, but while in the process make a difference in peoples lives to ensure that others would never have to deal with the same demons that my friend had to deal with... I can only hope that during this past few years, having become a full fledged social justice activist I can say that I have done just that. Yet still there is a gap in my heart reserved for my good friend, who had so much heart, so much potential, and was one the verge of doing great things himself...Despite the fact, that unknowingly his greatest accomplishment was guiding me to that place where I was able to conquer my own demons enabling me to do every thing I have done since then. Rest In Power, Corey Levine, I will never forget you...
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 04:15:39 +0000
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