Divalocity

The Absolute Truth! I don’t know how many times that I’ve said that we should be celebrating people while they’re still alive. Folks seem to forget that these people are also human and also hurt deeply, and we can’t measure that by the glamorous façade we see. Some folks demean and castigate these men and women the very first time they show a hint of human vulnerability and failure. These people still have a lot to offer because they have blazed a path and kicked down doors for other’s to come through. So, yes they deserve celebrating and with love and respect even when they stumble because don’t we look for the same things we we fall on our faces?? There is no joy in seeing someone else suffer!

“Aren’t you tired of losing our people?” Lauryn Hill asked the sold-out crowd just before singing her last song of the night. “I am.”

“Love your artists,” she continued. “When they falter, hold them accountable. But love them. People are now showing Whitney Houston the love and respect she should have received throughout her career — through all of it.”

Ernest Hardy | Los Angeles Times | Feb 15, 2012

(Source: crudamoral, via popafricana)