"I would like to be remembered not as anyone unique or special, but as part of a great team in this country that has struggled for many years, for decades and even centuries. The greatest glory of living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall."
Nelson Mandela, thank you for showing us a better way to live and the way to heal fro the wounds we have inflicted upon each other. May you rest in well-earned peace.
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Beautiful tribute for an amazing human being. Our world was a better place because of him.
Amen! A beautiful tribute for a beautiful man. The world is a better place because he was in it, and that is something we should all strive to be able to say. I hope he is enjoying his reward now.
Oh wow. Just read Gail's comment now. Great minds. ;)
Amen.
Sorry...just crawled out from under my rock....Nelson died? Well, living to 95, he probably outlived all his imprisoners....good for him!
I can't think of anything to add except to repeat, as was said about Abraham Lincoln: Now he belongs to the ages.
What was truly remarkable was that the revolution happened without a bloodbath of the old regime. Major blessedness, right there. . .
And this -
"The greatest glory of living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall."
Truth to live by, that. . .
The man was a bodhisatva.
I stole something from here and used it today.
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