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by David P. Greisman - There would be no heartbreak if not for the closeness that precedes it and the distance felt following its abrupt arrival.
It is a shock to the system, unfortunately unforeseen, unsettlingly unstoppable. Happiness drains. Emptiness reigns.
We have hobbies, and those hobbies produce heroes, people whose fame, talents and perceived personalities produce such emotional connections despite the division between celebrities and commoners.
It is why large crowds showed to mourn Michael Jackson, whose death one man was quoted as comparing to the assassination of President Kennedy – “I will always remember being in Times Square when Michael Jackson died,” the man told the Associated Press.
With actors, with singers and with dignitaries, grief results from death, from the person no longer being. With individual athletes, heartbreak comes from the person no longer being what we remember them being.
In no sport is that decline more immediate and more evident than boxing. We who are boxing fans all derive pleasure from the sport as a whole. But we all then become fans of certain boxers, investing extra emotion and attention, at first living vicariously through their victories, then later suffering sympathetically after their losses.
It can happen as quickly as a knockout, shattering the aura of invincibility. It can be painfully prolonged, with deteriorating skills leaving them shells of themselves. A fighter can recover much more easily from the setback of getting beat than he can from getting beat up and shellacked. [Click Here To Read More]
It is a shock to the system, unfortunately unforeseen, unsettlingly unstoppable. Happiness drains. Emptiness reigns.
We have hobbies, and those hobbies produce heroes, people whose fame, talents and perceived personalities produce such emotional connections despite the division between celebrities and commoners.
It is why large crowds showed to mourn Michael Jackson, whose death one man was quoted as comparing to the assassination of President Kennedy – “I will always remember being in Times Square when Michael Jackson died,” the man told the Associated Press.
With actors, with singers and with dignitaries, grief results from death, from the person no longer being. With individual athletes, heartbreak comes from the person no longer being what we remember them being.
In no sport is that decline more immediate and more evident than boxing. We who are boxing fans all derive pleasure from the sport as a whole. But we all then become fans of certain boxers, investing extra emotion and attention, at first living vicariously through their victories, then later suffering sympathetically after their losses.
It can happen as quickly as a knockout, shattering the aura of invincibility. It can be painfully prolonged, with deteriorating skills leaving them shells of themselves. A fighter can recover much more easily from the setback of getting beat than he can from getting beat up and shellacked. [Click Here To Read More]
I just didn`t bother writing about something good then
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