I just watched MSN Video while having my dinner when I saw the news that Dana Reeve had passed away. Cannot resist my feeling, I stop my meal and write this, a short tribute to my heros.
As a child, I was taught that heros did great things like establishing a kingdom or saving thousands of people. I grew up with the same believe until the death of my Math teacher, Mr. Trinh The Vinh. For the first time, I wanted to call somebody I knew personally a hero, somebody who I always respected, somebody who had never gave up when the worst siatuations… In 2004, the feeling came back when I heard about Christ Reeve’s death. His courage to not only live, but lead a strong, positive and meaningful life, gave me strength. His humor and his smile, a bright smile, in which I could find all the belief in the meaning of being and love, made me feel like crying…
And today, Dana, the great woman who had been with Christ throughout his best and probably worst days, the one whose love and determination had given Christ such a optimism and belief in life, died of lung cancer. Again, another of my heros is gone, but I felt inside me a burning desire, a desire to live better, do more for others, especially my love ones. I felt a will, a will to live my life to the fullest, to challenge the situation and to laugh at the obstacles I would meet in life. And I felt a deep gratitude, for all the things that I had had.
With all these, I would like to say goodbye to Dana Reeve. May you and Christ rest in peace and love with each other. Your legacy will always be in my memory as ones who changed my definition for hero.
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