I wasn't planning on blogging about the 15th anniversary of River Phoenix's death. I've blogged about him before and I believe enough. But I've noticed a large increase in people finding this blog using his name in the last week or two. All I can think of is that with this anniversary approaching, people were getting nostalgic.

Normally I mark this birthday as I hate to linger in the sadness that was his death by overdose. But his death and addiction reminds me that everyone is human, we all have faults, and none of us are perfect. Yes, I do wander into the land of thinking he was a hypocrite & liar, but that trip ends quickly.

To those of you who never got the excitement of watching him in the theater on opening day, you missed quite an event. To those of us who grew up with him, let's try to keep reaching for the best we can offer this world.

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