I am so deeply saddened to hear this news today. As Lex's mom and dad know, he and I were friends in grammar school, high school, college, and beyond. We didn't chat as often as we should have in the past few years, but we were friends on Facebook, and so we did keep up with each other here and there. I could--and will eventually--tell you so many fun stories about my time with Lex, so if you're connected to him on Facebook or will keep an eye on his page, I promise to tag him so you can see. I look forward to hearing your reflections as well!
Lex Samu was truly one of a kind. As all who knew him can tell you, he had a spark of charming madness about him that would make you smile with delight if you weren't already laughing with awe at what he'd just said. As a kid, he learned quickly that his zany sense of humor and excitement for life was appreciated by his classmates at school, so he purposely punched it up even further for our enjoyment, but he was wonderfully funny and sweetly effusive as an adult, too.
He introduced me to Wayne Dyer very early on after I left the monastic life at Chaminade High School, and helped me find my true calling as a spirit outside the walls of organized religion. He was extremely supportive of me in my burgeoning career as an author, and wrote me a very generous review for my first book as well.
As I mentioned, I could tell you so many fun stories, but today I'm just in shock. How could Lex be gone? How could such a bright light be taken from us so soon? But the answer comes almost immediately, and in the form of a different question. How could a personality so huge, and a soul so bright NOT be reclaimed by Heaven so soon?
Truly, Lex's soul was too huge and wonderful and wise and beautiful for this world. His soul may have simply outgrown it. That isn't a criticism toward any of his closest loved ones on Earth, but rather my feeble human understanding of the shocking truth with which we are all now living.
Lex is gone...from here. ONLY from here. Lex is not gone at all, however, from any of us. He will be with us here and there as we continue throughout our lifetimes on Earth, and then he'll be right there waiting for us with a smile and a hug when we cross over one day, too.
Thank you for everything, Lex. I'm so lucky to have known you. Until we meet again, may your Heaven be sweet and filled with music, and may all you leave behind here be a legacy to a life lived very, VERY well.