The Magic of Wisdom

My office had the pleasure of watching the Great Magic Johnson give a talk at the Hospital. Our doctors were in surgery so we got to go!!! yay for patients. =] (Next time we are dragging Maria along with us tho!!!)

He opened with a great speech that should be filmed and placed in one of those motivational movies. He spoke of his father and how he worked with GM for 30 years!!! could you imagine that? IN MICHIGAN, his father was never late, never called in sick, nor did he even miss a day of work. In that freezing cold weather, it seems unfathomable that even under the nicest circumstances that someone would be able to keep a record such as that when most of us on the West Coast bundle up when its 50 degrees out and have to drag ourselves out of bed. From his father, Magic cited that he learned to do a job the right way, giving everything he had to a single job. It was inspiring to reflect on then and inspiring to reflect on now.

Through a speech woven with laughter, advice, and inspiration, the most touching and real moment came when he spoke of HIV.





There no words for the audience...It was almost shocking that this public figure would open up this much about something that was once considered taboo. There is little doubt that anyone in the audience would walk away after hearing that story not being touched and not realizing the pain that his decision cost him. He will now become the face that pops up in not only my mind, but others I'm sure when the topic of HIV/AIDS is spoken about.

On lighter notes he reflected on memories of the Dream Team and on Kobe saying his generation could take on the famous Dream Team. But this is my favorite part.



I must say that it was a speech everyone said was very inspiring. As do my father and roommate because they had to hear about that and the picture catastrophe all night. Needless to say they know how inspiring and what a great speaker Magic Johnson is and the lesson of passing cameras to people you know and trust.

one last thing before I part. LC + Whitney