Stevie Wonder "Ribbon in the Sky" and Whitney Houston

Semi-recently, Stevie Wonder commented on his classic hit "Ribbon in the Sky" and about singing it at the formal, solemn event of Whitney Houston's funeral. That he felt it might be "inappropriate."

This is a classic perception by artists, whether writers, actors, or whatever, although their work is inspirational. Their work uplifts. Their work is more spiritual to us than themselves.

Sometimes we artists are too close to our own works and dreams.

I felt his song was perfect because, yes, it's a love song; but, love is not just for the heart or the body and only for romantic relationships. Love is...

...for the body and how one body fits close to another, dovetailing together, but remaining separate.

Love is how one heart moves closer together than bodies ever can; emotions overlapping and swirling within one another; as families, friends, and communities do.

Love is how many minds meld together in love and work as one, to uplift lives for one or many lives all over the world, and beyond.

Love ascends within us, becoming more refined, distilled and clear; from body, to heart, to mind, and beyond us to God, to the creation of us all; like a "Ribbon in the Sky," which promises, like a Rainbow in the Sky the promise of perfected unity.

Character of the Viewer: On Tiger Woods and Other Supposed "Roll Models"

Character of the Viewer: On Tiger Woods and Other Supposed "Roll Models"

Some of us want to write, to create and craft characters that will inspire.

Some of us want to be one who inspires and leads. Well, it is better to inspire than to lead, and it is better to allow the viewer of you or of your works to discover for themselves what about you or your well-crafted works gives them inspiration.

So....

Don't worry about "roll models" letting you or another you love down, because the true nature of a roll model is to APPEAR to be what you BELIEVE them to be, not what they ACTUALLY are every moment of the many seconds of a long, real life.

Drug addition, sexual infidelity, etcetera ALL MEAN NOTHING, the only thing that truly means anything is if your roll model MADE YOU BE or FEEL BETTER at a particular time.

• Made you try again.
  
• Made you succeed, as they did.
  
• Made you improve yourself within and without.

That is all a roll model owes you. Nothing more.

--Neale Sourna