RIP Nelson Mandela
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A great man just passed away. RIP
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I heard on the drive home and nearly drove off the road. This means a great deal to me. *cries*0
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The world will cry with me.0
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I just heard. pretty surreal.0
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95 years and he did more to change the world than most people ever will.0
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Rest in peace, Madiba. Meeting you was a moment I will always treasure. You were a beacon to us all. May we follow your shining example.0
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“People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”0
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RIP Nelson Mandela, news I guess we've all expected this year but nonetheless deeply saddening.
A very special man.0 -
This has really made me cry. He was such an iconoclast for my generation.0
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Respect to a great man, a great example, and a great leader.
95 years of such a wonderful man that the world is lucky to have known.
May he rest peacefully - my thoughts and prayers with his family0 -
A great man just passed away. RIP0
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I need to post this as it's such a core tune, I wish MFP enables YouTubes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7p-RLFg2I0 -
This is one of the saddest news of the decade! Great soul left us... Rest in peace! And thank you!0
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I need to post this as it's such a core tune, I wish MFP enables YouTubes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7p-RLFg2I
That's exactly what was going through my head. :frown:0 -
I heard on the drive home and nearly drove off the road. This means a great deal to me. *cries*
Don't cry, smile for the changes he made and rejoice knowing how he was loved0 -
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R.I.P.0
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A very sad day - thinking of all our South African MFP colleagues and every one else in his beloved country. Rest in peace lovely man xx0
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RIP Mr Mandela,
He was inspiring and a great leader and such a strong soul. Anyone who saw the movie "Invictus", although Hollywood, got a glimpse of his love of life and his sense of fun. And so proud when his Springboks won the 1995 Rugby World Cup against the All Blacks!! I'm a Kiwi and was cheering for the All Blacks but if they had to lose, I'm glad it was SA that won!!!! The poem, "Invictus" just captures his spirit beautifully......
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley0 -
wow. i hadn't heard yet. i knew his health was deteriorating quite rapidly - i think he'd been hospitalized for awhile. he's off on the next great adventure.0
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Editing because as another poster suggested, not getting involved in a flame war on what should be a respectful post0
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