As a side note, I never ever imagined this thread would be this emotional and we would have so many colleagues contributing eye-opening and quality materials.
It is a thread that also tells part of our basketball history. Sadly, it will be a thread that will go on and on, because of so many tragedies, but I believe it is one of the best insights I had to establish this page on Interbasket about departing basketball players.
It can be read years later and still be current enough to draw lessons from.
In any case, it is our duty to pay tribute to our basketball brothers, in fame and sadly in their demise.....
But still even in their deaths, they shine through as such beautiful people who touch our hearts so deep. Basketball.... the most beautiful of all sports... A sport that gives basketballers of such beauty and grace....
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Message in a song
About the importance of paying tribute to parting ones
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WHEN I GET WHERE I'M GOING
By Brad Paisely feat. Dolly Parton
Lyrics:
When I get where I'm going
on the far side of the sky.
The first thing that I'm gonna do
Is spread my wings and fly.
I'm gonna land beside a lion,
And run my fingers through his mane.
Or I might find out what it's like
To ride a drop of rain
(Chorus)
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
There'll be only happy tears.
I will shed the sins and struggles,
I have carried all these years.
And I'll leave my heart wide open,
I will love and have no fear.
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
Don't cry for me down here.
I'm gonna walk with my grandaddy,
And he'll match me step for step,
I'll tell him how I missed him,
Every minute since he left.
Then I'll hug his neck.
(Chorus)
So much pain and so much darkness,
In this world we stumble through.
All these questions, I can't answer,
So much work to do.
But when I get where I'm going,
And I see my Maker's face.
I'll stand forever in the light,
Of His amazing grace.
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
Oh, when I get where I'm going,
There'll be only happy tears.
Hallelujah!
I will love and have no fear.
When I get where I'm going.
Yeah when I get where I'm going.
It is a thread that also tells part of our basketball history. Sadly, it will be a thread that will go on and on, because of so many tragedies, but I believe it is one of the best insights I had to establish this page on Interbasket about departing basketball players.
It can be read years later and still be current enough to draw lessons from.
In any case, it is our duty to pay tribute to our basketball brothers, in fame and sadly in their demise.....
But still even in their deaths, they shine through as such beautiful people who touch our hearts so deep. Basketball.... the most beautiful of all sports... A sport that gives basketballers of such beauty and grace....
==
Message in a song
About the importance of paying tribute to parting ones
--
WHEN I GET WHERE I'M GOING
By Brad Paisely feat. Dolly Parton
Lyrics:
When I get where I'm going
on the far side of the sky.
The first thing that I'm gonna do
Is spread my wings and fly.
I'm gonna land beside a lion,
And run my fingers through his mane.
Or I might find out what it's like
To ride a drop of rain
(Chorus)
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
There'll be only happy tears.
I will shed the sins and struggles,
I have carried all these years.
And I'll leave my heart wide open,
I will love and have no fear.
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
Don't cry for me down here.
I'm gonna walk with my grandaddy,
And he'll match me step for step,
I'll tell him how I missed him,
Every minute since he left.
Then I'll hug his neck.
(Chorus)
So much pain and so much darkness,
In this world we stumble through.
All these questions, I can't answer,
So much work to do.
But when I get where I'm going,
And I see my Maker's face.
I'll stand forever in the light,
Of His amazing grace.
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
Oh, when I get where I'm going,
There'll be only happy tears.
Hallelujah!
I will love and have no fear.
When I get where I'm going.
Yeah when I get where I'm going.
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