So I was in Phoenix about three weeks ago. I went out to meet the limo and up walks Mike Tyson the pugilistic Ear-Eater.
He was traveling with somebody else. We looked at each other and I idn't place him right away, holding his gaze until it registered. By hat time he was getting into a black Mercedes (I think). Someone else in a car nearby spotted him and honked. Mike gave him the thumbs up and got into the car and rode away.
He didn't look too good and he was walking slow. He had kind of vacant stare too. This guy had it all and now...
Yeah, he had it all. 'Makes one wonder where it went. Was it given over to being spoiled by fame and extreme success? Was it the violence of boxing? Or were those character flaws already there and just brought out by his choices and where those choices took him?
Truth be told, this could be any of us. But he doesn't need to stay where he is. I also thought more about that "vacant stare". It was more the stare of being lost.
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