來源：Shell88 新浪博客 (2010-09-27 ) 行星地球的天使http://blog.sina.com.cn/angelofplanetearth
作者：Linda Higgins （點畫致敬MJ項目的溝通發展總監）
原文：http://www.michaeljacksontributeportrait.com/article.php?article_id=206
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“歷史書上不會記載他謙遜靈魂的本質以及他所拯救的生命”——Jodi Gomes，《傑克遜5兄弟：家族王朝》的執行製片人及MJ親密的私人朋友。以上是她在邁克爾52歲生日之際寫給MJ的資訊中的片段。當MJ粉絲、朋友和家人在MJ生日之際掀起推特（Twitter）風暴、貼出自己給MJ的留言時，她貼出這些好讓所有人都能讀到。
我覺得她的信非常深刻和及時，因為幾星期之前我剛和兩位年輕女性談話，她們說的就是這樣：邁克爾拯救了她們的生命。
曾有人問他，想要怎麼被銘記，邁克爾的回答是：“作為來到世界並給世界帶來光明和一些超脫的人，也作為代表沉默的孩子們說話的人，因為我愛他們，我為孩子們而活。如果不是為了孩子們，我已經認輸了。”
邁克爾比大多數人都更能體會的經歷，這兩位年輕女士個人都經歷過，隨著愛而來的是治癒的力量，它能拯救你的生命。他使用音樂和舞蹈天賦，向世界播灑了充滿他靈魂、令人驚奇的愛的能量。
第一位女士，向我講述了她痛苦的童年，因為成人們背叛她，她成長中感覺孤獨和不安全。她對我說：“我就是那些沉默的小孩之一，我告訴你，如果不是他，我今天不會還活著。”
多年來她看入周圍成人的眼睛，試圖尋找能給她帶來安全感和愛的眼神。眼睛真的是靈魂的視窗，她沒有找到她要找的。直到她瞭解了邁克爾.傑克遜，通過他的音樂。
“僅僅是聽到他談論孩子們以及他多麼關心他們，使我感到安全感和被愛，感覺我並不孤單。”她說。從看到他的那一秒，一股溫暖的感覺便充滿全身，她在他身上找到了她要找的一切。他給她力量、希望，使她感覺自己是重要的。
第2位女士透露在13歲時，她曾試圖自殺。作為一個敏感的女孩，她已無法承受生命中的遭遇。她講了一個可怕的故事，她決定要結束生命那天的故事。
“有一天我獨自在家，在浴缸放滿水，拿了一把大的廚刀。我聽著鄰居家收音機的聲音，平靜的，一點都不害怕。我在頭腦裏已經多次想像這個場景，這一刻，我很鎮靜。我躺在浴缸裏，鄰居的房子裏放著一首好聽的歌，但我沒有注意，我拿起身旁的刀，正要割斷自己的血管，這時歌曲的音量加大了……
幾天前的晚上，我想我聽到了你哭泣，呼喚我的到來，緊擁你在懷間，我聽到你的祈願，我願肩承你的負擔，但首先我要握著你的手，一直到永遠……（歌曲《你不孤單》You Are Not Alone 的歌詞）
我放下刀子，開始哭泣。我不知道為什麼，但我就那樣做了。這就是什麼我還活著，邁克爾拯救了我，我將永遠感激。”
我們都想知道自己的重要性，即對世上的某人來說我們是重要的，因為這讓我們覺得值得愛。這種信念使我們獲得戰勝一切的內心力量。
邁克爾說得最好，“如果你降臨或離開這個世界時都感到被愛，那麼這些時間裏發生的所有事情你都能對付得了。教授可能降你的級，可你並不感覺屈辱，老闆可能壓榨你，可你不會被壓垮，一個對手可能會擊敗你，可你卻仍能勝利。他們怎麼能真正戰勝你擊倒你呢？因為你知道你是值得被愛的，其餘的只是一層包裝而已。”
這就是邁克爾.傑克遜帶給這兩位年輕女士的感覺，就是她們是值得被愛的。他帶給她們力量，因為知道“你不孤單”。Jodi在她給邁克爾的信裏還寫道：“視頻資料永遠都無法描繪每次你出現或登臺時所帶來的激動，人類所能做的最好事情就是：欣賞你的天才，把你作為“真正的天使如何行走在我們當中”的實例而代代傳揚。
對這兩位年輕女士來說，邁克爾真的是天使。她們與他有非常特殊的聯繫。她們都被他的離去深深影響了，但她們知道自己是倖存者，知道自己值得被愛，這是他教給她們的。她們也知道自己也是回饋愛的全球大眾的一員。她們現在把希望和勇氣給予別人，全都因為邁克爾.傑克遜的愛。
邁克爾本能地知道如何使人們感覺被愛，並付諸行動，他拯救了生命。我們都應該花時間欣賞他的天才，向生活在艱難中的人們傳揚愛。
“沒有什麼能抑制、阻止或定義這個男人身體內的力量。”Jodi Gomes寫道。
這種力量，表達為愛，拯救生命。
改變人們的生命，握住他們的手，說那充滿力量的四個字：
你不孤單！
You Are Not Alone: How Michael Jackson Saved Lives
The quote above is an excerpt from a heartfelt letter Jodi wrote as a message to Michael for his 52nd birthday. She posted it for everyone to read when MJ fans, friends and family took Twitter by storm on his birthday, posting their own personal #MessagetoMJ.
I found her letter to be very profound and timely, considering within the last couple of weeks I have had conversations with two different young women who claim exactly that; Michael Jackson saved their life.
He was once asked how he would like to be remembered. Michael’s response was, "As a person who came and brought light to the world, some escapism; also as a voice for the voiceless children, because I love them. I’m living for the children. If it weren’t for the kids, I would throw in the towel."
These two young women have personally experienced what Michael Jackson knew better than most; there is a healing power that comes with love, and it can save your life. He used his talent in music and dance to shower the world with an amazing energy of love that filled his soul.
The first young woman I spoke to, told me about her painful childhood. She grew up feeling alone and insecure as a result of adults who betrayed her. She said to me: "I am one of those voiceless children. I’m telling you, if he wasn’t there, I wouldn’t still be alive today."
She recounted how she spent years looking into the eyes of adults surrounding her, trying to find a glimpse of something that would give her feelings of security and love. The eyes really are the window to the soul and she never found what she was looking for. Then she was introduced to Michael Jackson, not in person, but through his music.
"Just hearing him talking about children and how much he cared about us, made me feel I’m secure and loved and that I’m not alone," she said. A warm feeling came over her from the second she saw him, because everything that she had been looking for in all those eyes surrounding her, she found in him. He gave her strength, hope, and made her feel like she mattered.
The second young woman revealed that at age 13, she tried to commit suicide. What she was enduring in her life was just too much for the sensitive girl that she was, as she put it. She tells a chilling story about the day she decided to take her life:
"One day I was alone at home. I filled the bathtub and took a large kitchen knife. I was hearing the sound of my neighbor's radio. I was peaceful, and I was not afraid at all. I had seen this scene plenty times in my head, but at this very moment, I was just calm. I lay in the bath. There was a cool song playing at my neighbor's house, but I just did not pay attention. I took the knife next to me, and was about to cut my veins when the song played louder...
Just the other night, I thought I heard you cry, asking me to come and hold you in my arms ... I can hear your prayers, your burdens I will bear but first I need your hand...then forever can begin...
I just dropped the knife, and I started to cry. I don't know why, but I did. This is why I'm still here. Michael saved me; and I'm grateful forever."
We all want to know that we matter, that we are important to someone in this world, because it makes us feel worthy of love. Having that belief gives us inner strength to thrive no matter what happens.
Michael said it best, "If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with. A professor may degrade you, but you will not feel degraded, a boss may crush you, but you will not be crushed, a corporate gladiator might vanquish you, but you will still triumph. How could any of them truly prevail in pulling you down? For you know that you are an object worthy of love. The rest is just packaging."
That is how Michael Jackson made these two young women feel, like they are an object worthy of love. He gave them the strength that comes from knowing that "You Are Not Alone."
Jodi went on to write in her letter to Michael, "Video archives will never accurately depict the excitement you caused EVERY time you set foot in public or on stage. The best mankind can do is observe your genius and pay it forward as an example of how a true Angel walked amongst us."
For these two young women, Michael was indeed an Angel. They have a very special bond with him now. Both were deeply affected by his death, but they know they are survivors. They know they are worthy of love; he taught them that. They also know they are part of a global community that loves them back. Now they are the ones giving hope and courage to others, all because of the love of Michael Jackson.
Michael intuitively knew how to make people feel loved and in doing so, he saved lives. We should all take the time to observe his genius and pay it forward to someone in our lives that may be going through a rough time.
"Nothing could contain, stop or define the force that lived within this one man."
Jodi Gomes
That force, expressed as love, saved lives.
Make a difference in someone's life simply by taking their hand and saying these four powerful words to them:
You Are Not Alone
Linda Higgins
Director of Community Development
© 2010, Linda Higgins, All Rights Reserved
(Note: Both young women have given me permission to write about them in hopes that their story may help someone else in the world. I have not revealed names or personal details to respect their privacy.)
To see a short video clip of MJ expressing unconditional love during the song You Are Not Alone, watch the video below.
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