It’s possible that many have experienced a similar emotional crisis as that which Sir Elton John admits to in the pages of his new memoir, Love is The Cure. People close to us became very sick and were gone within a year – sometimes months – leaving us confused and reeling, and ultimately, perhaps, doing nothing more than numbing ourselves to the pain.  It is warming to find a book opening up this experience, and describing how it inspired him to do such good.

He refers to the book as a collection of stories that he hopes will “connect people with this epidemic so that we can work together to end it.”  A simple premise.  Though the people in his stories are not.  They include:  Elizabeth Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Princess Diana, and the Indiana boy, Ryan White, who died after contact via a blood transfusion.  It was Ryan’s short life and incredible strength that led Elton to awaken and change.  The ultimate result being the establishment of his fantastic foundation,  the Elton John Aids Foundation, now in its 20th year.  The singer states that in saying “love is the cure,” which is such a debatable concept, he means that people “should be more compassionate to one another…not so hateful to one another.”  It’s a beautiful sentiment.  Good on Elton John for saying it loud and clear.