Just a month after the passing of my father in law, another person, a friend passed.
He was an important figure who taught and helped shaped, some of my turning points in life.
He asked deep questions like “What do you want?”
He woke me up on personal grooming.
He made me like the colour black a lot.
He took service to another level.
He believed in my potential and invested in it and have even once said things that stunned my personal beliefs that I could be more.
He showed me great empathy, hospitality, next level generosity, how he would have fun to the max and his genius, long winded conversations that often stimulate the mind.
He knew how to connect with people at a very personal level.
He had strong principles, shared my pains and knew how to solve those pains.
This was a man who I could have in 3 hours of a night have beer, whisky, a bottle of wine 3-in-1 and leave me wondering how does this guy do it?
He has also shown sadness, empathy, his true self, yet put on a courageous front.
He could be brutal at times and those times are not exactly easy but he did it because he wanted perfection and only the best.
There were some things that I did not align with, which I was quick to cut-off or I’d fall in a pit but that’s how life is.
Yet, in the face of death leading to his death, he still lived on doing what he loved and still pressed on.
Always a never ending learner. Always sharing insights.
He did it his way and made it work for him.
May you rest in peace. You left the world too young with so much to give.
Thank you for the teachable moments and many of which were transformative and pivotal in some parts my life.
Makes me think and ponder that life is again a candle in the wind.