| I've never really liked football, or the 'celebrity culture' and didn't really take much notice of George Best or his antics. Having said that, he's still a human being with people that love and care for him, and his untimely death will be a sad loss to them, and to some who hold to his legend.
His path in life has given him highs that few of us will ever experience, fame, adulation and the chance to sleep with a string of the world's most beautiful women. It's also bought him to incredible lows that most of us will never experience, and all the time his life has been in the glare of media attention.
Being human means that George Best has his failings, just like every one of us. Most of us don't experience the highest highs or the lowest lows - we tread the middle ground and maybe our failings as human beings don't result in such wild fluctuations in life. However, if there is one thing that I've learned in life is that all of us are walking a tightrope between success and failure. All of us. I guess the phrase "there but for the grace of god..." applies.
I've never suffered from addiction, but it doesn't have to be addiction that shoves you sideways off the tightrope. Bad judgement, life choices, disease, natural disasters or just pure bad luck can see even the most settled, affluent and self-satisfied lives crumble in the blink of an eye. I would just ask the less sympathetic people to ponder on that.
In terms of suitability for transplant - there are always if's, but's and maybe's. By definition we all enjoy motorcycling, does that mean that if we needed a transplant we should be ruled out because our lifestyle is higher risk?  |