On August 20th, two days before his passing, Jack Layton wrote this open letter to Canadians.
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August 22, 2011
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Jack's death is a sad loss for all Canadians. As Jean Cretien said this morning, he was not in it for himself, he truly was fighting for the little guy, and fight he did. Right to the end.
Posted by: Croft | August 22, 2011 at 05:02 PM
From the close of his letter:
"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world."
Words to live by...
p.s. thanks for the info about the Gulf coast... I had to google Tallahassee Lassie though - not sure what you were talking about :)
Posted by: kelsi | August 23, 2011 at 06:43 AM
He lived with dignity, he died with dignity.
He will be sadly missed.
Posted by: Karyn | August 23, 2011 at 08:26 PM
Karyn,
Agreed. Character is a rare trait in politics, and he certainly had it.
Posted by: kelsi | August 24, 2011 at 06:40 AM