I recently watch E! Channel’s True Hollywood Story
(don’t preach me, I have too much free time, okay), it’s about Michael J. Fox
and his journey from a nice, humble, infamous boy to a golden globe and Emmy
winner actor and later about his struggling against Parkinson’s (pardon the
miss-spelling here).

Instead of keeping his medical condition a secret, he is brave enough to
announce his illness to the media (I think he did a press conference?), even
more, he established a foundation called Michael J Fox (duh!) Foundation which
purpose is to find a better way to deal with Parkinson disease and hopefully to
find a cure for it (he personally wants to find the cure before he dies). What
astound me is he’s brave enough to go to the White House and giving a speech in
front of the congress (about Parkinson’s) without taking his medicine so that
the congress could see the true effect of this disease to a man (from what I
see, I think it makes you lose control of your nerves, coz Michael’s hands and
head is kind of moving around, and twitching about at random times). That is -in
my opinion- is one of the most courageous things a man can do.

When misfortune befalls,
Some people too weak and cowardice to do anything except brooding and sulking
and whining,
Some people have so much rage within to curse their God, their loved persons,
and their pet and lash out to the rest of the world,
But a few people brave enough, strong enough to change the world for a better
place, however small the change is,
And for that I give my respect to you Michael -and other Michaels in the world-!

It makes me remember an old saying that God never give what you can’t take, and
maybe this is the highest achievement of misfortune, one of the reasons why God
create disease and natural disaster, and all those cruel things, coz there are
those few who can take it and change it into something much, much better. But,
O, woe is I to try to reasons with the way of the God, right?

I just hope that when the shit hit the fan, I have enough courage and strength
in me to make a change for the better.

P.S.: For more information visit www.michaeljfox.org/