George Michael had everything.
Talent. Adulation. Critical acclaim. Deep respect from his peers.
Hang on, let me start that again…
George Michael had everything.
Tragedy. Addiction. Failing health. Endless ridicule and unreasonable hounding from the mainstream media.
Everything.
I don’t know which ‘everything’ is the everything that George Michael would have identified with.
Probably both.
But, and this is the point of this little story, here is a George Michael quote that may even explain why he is no longer with us.
In a documentary shortly before his death he asked this rhetorical question:
What happens when everything is not enough?
This is an important question for all of us I think.
Chasing the wrong everything must be a terrible thing.
Why?
Because it can leave you feeling empty and lost if you don’t ever get it.
And if you do.
Think forward.
Imagine you get everything you want.
Imagine you have your everything right now.
And ask yourself if it’s the right everything.
It’s an important question.
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That is quite profound!
The wrong kind of everything seems endemic in the world of entertainment sadly, and increasingly so in the ‘normal ‘ world