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<p>I didnt have to look for him; he found me. It was by the slightest of chances that we first met, deep in the backwoods of Massachusetts. Driving from campsite to campsite, futher and further away from humanity, John Lennon translated the ideosyncrasies of life at the most unsuspecting times though a trance of music. He spoke his mind independently and quite often, and so provided an honest viewpoint into the psyche of a man well-versed in life, who measured his accomplishments on a universal scale, and thus is a guiding light upon whom I can base my beliefs, thoughts, and feelings. Without needless rhetoric, confusion, or reprimand, John has taught me more about life than any other being.</p>
<p>John Lennon had the self-confidence, the courage to speak his mind, able to state such worldy and universal claims as God is a concept by which we measure our pain and Woman is the ■■■■■■ of the World. He was an individual unabashed by others opinions. He ruthlessly called for world peace and was not afraid to voice his support for a Communist world, nor to point out the injustices of the government. There is beauty in having an earnest, unwavering belief in something, to cut through the red tape propagated by a loud, cluttered environment and find the essence, the truth. John has helped me realize this, which in turn has helped me become a more complete person.</p>
<p>John has encouraged me to think differently, if just for that purpose only, and to grow and have aspirations, to want. I want to work deep in the jungles of the Amazon, discovering and saving new species every day, devoting myself entirely to the work at hand, because such provides a satisfying sense of worthwhile accomplishment. I want to learn for the sole purpose of acquiring knowledge, to fulfill all the suppressed curiosity I had as a young lad. I want to play Julia over and over again, if only for myself, because it reminds me of unmistakable beauty, of waves peacefully skimming onto the smooth, untrodden sand under the guise of nightfall and a blanket of stars, in an area exempt from space and time, where a silent breeze offsets the pleasantly warm ambiance/climate. I want to be an independent thinker, but not so stubborn as to disavow the truth of others. I want to learn from great minds, and ignore those who attest to blasphemy; discerning the two is the challenge. I sometimes wish I were a mad scientist, misunderstood by all but myself as achieving great work, as Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, To be great is to be misunderstood. I listen to 60s music not because my parents played it when I was young, not even because my friends influenced me, but because I heard Here Comes the Sun on the radio, and on a whim, downloaded all the Beatles songs. And I found a message. One by the people, uncommercialized, of peace and love and acceptance, of movements which involve more than apathy, of action–all of which I would like to embody and incorporate into my own being.</p>