"Spotlight can light you up or burn you up"-Whitney
I woke up on Sunday morning and turned the TV on. I happen to overhear Chaka Khan talking about Whitney. The first reaction I had was that she had died. Unfortunately I was correct.
What I wondered at that time was how destructive can a person become?
Her image early in her career was very polished. Her voice was very smooth and powerful. However, over time her voice became strained and weak due to the "lifestyle" she lived which involved many unhealthy choices.
But many people make unhealthy life choices for extended amounts of time and still reach old age. As an example of an artrist who has abused his body, consider Keith Richards. So it has to be much more than that.
It is combination of the physical and metal abuse that kills people quicker than either one by themselves.
And most people do pretty good at managing both. Periodic bouts of stress reduce the lifespan fairly quickly. Physical complacency reduces it slowly over time. But in my opinion it is the combination that does one in the fastest.
Today's question is:
"How do you reduce the combination effect?"
My favorite Whitney song lyrics My Love is Your Love are shown below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxZD0VQvfqU
If tomorrow is judgment day (Sing Mommy)
And I'm standing on the front line
And the Lord asks me what I did with my life
I will say I spent it with you
If I wake up in World War III
I see destruction and poverty
And I feel like I want to go home
It's okay if you're coming with me
'Cause your love is my love
And my love is your love
It would take an eternity to break us
And the chains of Amistad couln't hold us
'Cause your love is my love
And my love is your love
It would take an eternity to break us
And the chains of Amistad couln't hold us
If I lose my fame and fortune
And I'm homeless on the street
And I'm sleeping in Grand Central Station
It's okay if you're sleeping with me
As the years they pass us by
We stay young through each other's eyes
And no matter how old we get
It's okay as long as I got you baby
'Cause your love is my love
And my love is your love
It would take an eternity to break us
And the chains of Amistad couln't hold us
'Cause your love is my love
And my love is your love
It would take an eternity to break us
And the chains of Amistad couln't hold us
If I should die this very day
Don't cry, 'cause on Earth we weren't meant to stay
And no matter what the people say
I'll be waiting for you after the judgment day
'Cause your love is my love
And my love is your love
It would take an eternity to break us
And the chains of Amistad couln't hold us
'Cause your love is my love
And my love is your love
It would take an eternity to break us
And the chains of Amistad couln't hold us.
I woke up on Sunday morning and turned the TV on. I happen to overhear Chaka Khan talking about Whitney. The first reaction I had was that she had died. Unfortunately I was correct.
What I wondered at that time was how destructive can a person become?
Her image early in her career was very polished. Her voice was very smooth and powerful. However, over time her voice became strained and weak due to the "lifestyle" she lived which involved many unhealthy choices.
But many people make unhealthy life choices for extended amounts of time and still reach old age. As an example of an artrist who has abused his body, consider Keith Richards. So it has to be much more than that.
It is combination of the physical and metal abuse that kills people quicker than either one by themselves.
And most people do pretty good at managing both. Periodic bouts of stress reduce the lifespan fairly quickly. Physical complacency reduces it slowly over time. But in my opinion it is the combination that does one in the fastest.
Today's question is:
"How do you reduce the combination effect?"
My favorite Whitney song lyrics My Love is Your Love are shown below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxZD0VQvfqU
If tomorrow is judgment day (Sing Mommy)
And I'm standing on the front line
And the Lord asks me what I did with my life
I will say I spent it with you
If I wake up in World War III
I see destruction and poverty
And I feel like I want to go home
It's okay if you're coming with me
'Cause your love is my love
And my love is your love
It would take an eternity to break us
And the chains of Amistad couln't hold us
'Cause your love is my love
And my love is your love
It would take an eternity to break us
And the chains of Amistad couln't hold us
If I lose my fame and fortune
And I'm homeless on the street
And I'm sleeping in Grand Central Station
It's okay if you're sleeping with me
As the years they pass us by
We stay young through each other's eyes
And no matter how old we get
It's okay as long as I got you baby
'Cause your love is my love
And my love is your love
It would take an eternity to break us
And the chains of Amistad couln't hold us
'Cause your love is my love
And my love is your love
It would take an eternity to break us
And the chains of Amistad couln't hold us
If I should die this very day
Don't cry, 'cause on Earth we weren't meant to stay
And no matter what the people say
I'll be waiting for you after the judgment day
'Cause your love is my love
And my love is your love
It would take an eternity to break us
And the chains of Amistad couln't hold us
'Cause your love is my love
And my love is your love
It would take an eternity to break us
And the chains of Amistad couln't hold us.
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