Dear Lindsay,
I want to thank you for a little show you did called "The Bionic Woman". I was just a kid when you did this show but gawd I loved it! I just loved everything about it .. aside from the brawn and brains qualities you added to the role .. you added heart.
I simply and totally and completely and entirely fell in love with the empathy you showed, the warmth you radiated, the humanity you displayed, the humor you emoted, and the .. what seemed to me at that time .. affection you poured on those around you ..
The simple fact is .. you seemed real to me! At least .. I wanted you to be real .. I know it was just a character on a show but you showed me something. You showed me what it was like to be kind .. you showed me what it was like to trust people .. and you showed me that being vulnerable was OK .. I needed that. Somehow .. only you .. were able to fill this huge emotional vacuum I felt as a kid .. and you filled it with lessons and principles that to this day have made me the man that I am.
So then .. simple principles evolved from that .. that now as an adult .. I cling to.
1) It is better to be kind than to be right
2) Dare trust people in the hopes that they respond to that
3) Reach out to people in need when you can help them with no thoughts on what is in it for you
4) Laugh .. keep things light .. and stay true to your heart
5) Be nice to people .. that is how people are nice back
6) For every Lisa Galloway's in our lives, there is a pain that only you can reach
7) It's rarely about me .. for every Bigfoot attack on my life .. there is a reason why he is fighting me .. I should not take it personally ... for every Dejon Caper acts of sabotage of my life .. I know that at the other end is a weak person trying to find his way .. for every Thief that robs me .. is a lonely desperate man lost in fear .. for every cold and calculating ALEX entity that attacks me (man, machine , or agency), there IS a way to stop them!
8) You must ALWAYS stick by friends
9) Even when someone uses you .. and pretends that they are your friend .. or your mother .. there is a story only you can unravel and bring light to .. my role is to bring that truth to the surface
10) Being in pain or getting hurt is NEVER license to inflict pain to others ..
11) Sometimes my job is to help those who cant help themselves whether its a dog, a teenage king, a troubled secretary, a burdened boss, an orphan child, a clueless student, a troubled school bus driver, a stalked lion, a beauty queen wanna-be, a struggling but kind lady wrestler, a group of well intentioned nuns, or even a withdrawn child .. and that I should do it with my whole heart!
and I could go on ..
You showed me and taught me lessons .. no one ELSE in real life did.
Simply said.
Thank you!
PS .. all of that aside .. gawd I loved the bionics .. I must have fantasized a million times about having bioinics! LOL ..this imaginary strength you had helped me tap into my own strengths .. What I found was that strength is a matter of heart not muscles .. and oh ya .. and I love the series opening theme song !! Don't believe me?? check out the download section of this site!!
Love you Babe ..
I hold a candle to you .. forever .. in the recess of my soul .. for the light you brought!
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