Believing

in miracles . . . wanting to find the rainbow's end . . . looking towards the stars . . . these are the phrases which occur to us when we are searching for our dreams. I believe that Barry White was a dreamer, a really big dreamer . . he never tired of finding a way, making the dreams become realities. I know this because I read his history, his story . . in his own words. He shared his soulful journey out of Watts in Los Angeles, CA. to the big time! He made it, just by walking out. Nothing but bravery and heroics allows for a man in such a troubled place, with so many opportunities to fail and fall around him, to elevate his status in life, to lift his dreams to a new reality. That's exactly what he did, he overcame the worst things life can throw at a young person of color. He even lost his brother to the life he purposefully overcame through struggle and his bravado. He gave back in every way possible to the people who helped him through those years of hardship, including his beloved Mother. She was his inspiration, keeping him from falling into the traps a youth in the tough neighborhood of Watts can fall into. She showed Barry the pathway, through hard work and perseverance, through spirituality and benevolence. He learned to help many people along his journey, even offering counseling to young couples as they learned to adapt to marriage and life as a couple. He never failed at reinventing himself to suit himself first, then if his corporate partners failed to support him, he made himself stronger with new partners and new methods. Barry White was iconic and incredibly talented, but his greatest legacy is what actually is the greatest enigma for his fans . . . how could someone so "large" in life just leave so quickly without much made of his passing, in other words, his fans are left to wonder, how could he have left so early when he had so much power in his soul? Surely he fought through many other travails and easily became the victor, so why was he taken so prematurely from us? He surely had many more intended victories and many more memorable achievements to reach . . . like all the greats who leave us quite young, we are left to ponder their immortality in our hearts, wishing they could be the one who someone made it through the greatest challenge they ever faced, death. Oh why Barry, why??