What Lessons You Can Learn From The King Of Pop's Last Moon Walk
One of the most famous dance steps of all time was the one popularized by Michael Jackson. Wikipedia gave meaning to this dance step as "a dance technique that presents the illusion of the dancer being pulled backwards while attempting to walk forward."
Looking at the dance and the definition behind it, I was able to see a moral lesson between Michael Jackson's final years of his life and his moon walk. Please take not that I have no intentions whatsoever to mock Michael Jackson, but only to illustrate the lessons we can learn from his life and his famous moon walk.
Considered to be the most successful entertainer of all time, Michael Jackson sold over 750 million records and won several major awards including 13 Grammies and 13 number one singles. All his lifetime earnings were estimated to be around $ 500 million and this does not even include his music catalog holdings which is rumored to be over a billion dollars worth.
Even though he had gained so much fame and fortune, which he achieved since he was young, the end part of his life was mostly filled with struggles of depression and of financial debts. Many would readily agree that his health further declined when he sequestered himself from his family, friends and financial woes. Millions of people have come to love him since he was young, but despite the outpouring of love, he died filled with loneliness, a broken heart and depression.
With the circumstances mentioned above, I want to refer to the King of Pop's end part of his life as his last moon walk, because, instead of showing maturity in his life as he grew older, he became more immature as he aged. Consequently, unlike the moon walk, which was only an illusion, the circumstances that happened in his life were very real. Below are three morals we can learn from the end part of Michael Jackson's life.
1.) Always live within your means - Despite earning millions of dollars every year, during the last years of his life it is said that Michael Jackson spends $ 20 to 30 million more than what he earns with his lavish lifestyle. As a result he was deeply in debt. Various people including a Bahrain sheik accused him of not paying what he owed them. He lost his well beloved Neverland Ranch. Although his assets outweigh his debt by an estimated $200 million U.S dollars, Michael Jackson died owing more than $ 400 million. While it is true that as a "star" he earned the right to live a lavish lifestyle because he deserved it, he should have lived well within his means and should have properly taken care of his finances. Because of his failure to do such, it further contributed to his depression.
2.) Trials abound and life is tough, so learn to face them - No matter how much success he had in his life, Michael Jackson, has never learned to face trials in his life. Whenever gets demoralized by problems, he would run away and instead use drugs, detach himself from reality or hide himself through plastic surgery. Once problem that worsened his life was when he was accused of child molestation. He became more withdrawn after it. In an article written for the Daily Mail, J Randy Taraborrelli has this to say about how Michael Jackson face problems, "He surrounded himself with children, animals and a false reality - so much so that he never learned how to cope in the real world. He never wanted to grow up, and his managers encouraged these eccentricities when they should have encouraged therapy."
3.) Fame and fortune does not equate joy and happiness - Yes, the King of Pop no doubt has achieved so much in his lifetime. So much that he broke records that he himself achieved, opened up racial barriers and reinvented the world of music. However, though he had these great successes and the love of millions, the final years of his life was marked with loneliness, unhappiness sadness, depression and the feeling of being unloved. He kept to himself, away from friends and family.
Michael Jackson's last moon walk bears so many morals in life. I could have said more but it is your turn to do your own analysis. I pray that in the event we will have to do our last moon walk here on earth, it would be much better than Michael Jackson's. - 23806
Looking at the dance and the definition behind it, I was able to see a moral lesson between Michael Jackson's final years of his life and his moon walk. Please take not that I have no intentions whatsoever to mock Michael Jackson, but only to illustrate the lessons we can learn from his life and his famous moon walk.
Considered to be the most successful entertainer of all time, Michael Jackson sold over 750 million records and won several major awards including 13 Grammies and 13 number one singles. All his lifetime earnings were estimated to be around $ 500 million and this does not even include his music catalog holdings which is rumored to be over a billion dollars worth.
Even though he had gained so much fame and fortune, which he achieved since he was young, the end part of his life was mostly filled with struggles of depression and of financial debts. Many would readily agree that his health further declined when he sequestered himself from his family, friends and financial woes. Millions of people have come to love him since he was young, but despite the outpouring of love, he died filled with loneliness, a broken heart and depression.
With the circumstances mentioned above, I want to refer to the King of Pop's end part of his life as his last moon walk, because, instead of showing maturity in his life as he grew older, he became more immature as he aged. Consequently, unlike the moon walk, which was only an illusion, the circumstances that happened in his life were very real. Below are three morals we can learn from the end part of Michael Jackson's life.
1.) Always live within your means - Despite earning millions of dollars every year, during the last years of his life it is said that Michael Jackson spends $ 20 to 30 million more than what he earns with his lavish lifestyle. As a result he was deeply in debt. Various people including a Bahrain sheik accused him of not paying what he owed them. He lost his well beloved Neverland Ranch. Although his assets outweigh his debt by an estimated $200 million U.S dollars, Michael Jackson died owing more than $ 400 million. While it is true that as a "star" he earned the right to live a lavish lifestyle because he deserved it, he should have lived well within his means and should have properly taken care of his finances. Because of his failure to do such, it further contributed to his depression.
2.) Trials abound and life is tough, so learn to face them - No matter how much success he had in his life, Michael Jackson, has never learned to face trials in his life. Whenever gets demoralized by problems, he would run away and instead use drugs, detach himself from reality or hide himself through plastic surgery. Once problem that worsened his life was when he was accused of child molestation. He became more withdrawn after it. In an article written for the Daily Mail, J Randy Taraborrelli has this to say about how Michael Jackson face problems, "He surrounded himself with children, animals and a false reality - so much so that he never learned how to cope in the real world. He never wanted to grow up, and his managers encouraged these eccentricities when they should have encouraged therapy."
3.) Fame and fortune does not equate joy and happiness - Yes, the King of Pop no doubt has achieved so much in his lifetime. So much that he broke records that he himself achieved, opened up racial barriers and reinvented the world of music. However, though he had these great successes and the love of millions, the final years of his life was marked with loneliness, unhappiness sadness, depression and the feeling of being unloved. He kept to himself, away from friends and family.
Michael Jackson's last moon walk bears so many morals in life. I could have said more but it is your turn to do your own analysis. I pray that in the event we will have to do our last moon walk here on earth, it would be much better than Michael Jackson's. - 23806
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