"Indy's Song"

Indy's Song:

A song with a twist I admit. I borrowed it. To memorialize a dear friend who passed on March 30th 2010. David Thompson was truly one in a million that I was fortunate enough to know in the 3 1/2 years that I've had in Propeller before I left.

He was a man who loved life, loved people with an open heart with no prejudices,
no malice, & no limitations whatsoever. His simple devotion for all that he came in contact with his love in friendship was free and unconditional.

A brave young man who KNEW he had a disease in his system that was eating him alive day~ by~ day, yet faced his pain with a brave countenance. He never complained. Never felt sorry for himself, and never let his dire circumstances let him down. He knew since 1997, that he was diagnosed with brain cancer, and with each visit to DR's. Each and every specialist gave him less and less time to live. But how Dave manage to have a strong constitution, and survived up until recently was a miracle in itself! A profile in courage indeed!

His father died last year, to which he related to me in subsequent phone conversations that I've had with him, but asked me not to reveal his troubles to anybody. But I could tell it was sadly weighing in on him, and in that, I think was the beginning of the downward spiral turn of his health problems.

He loved the members of Propeller, and Propeller members, in turn, reciprocated in kind. No one... Yes! Not a one in Propeller had anything negative to say about him. Dave Thompson (Ind06) always had kindness, respect, and empathy for everyone. No matter who they were. Even those few Propeller members who dwelled in the negative liked, and admired his loving character as Indy was never pretentious in any way, he had great qualities in his personal makeup in every way, shape, & form. What you see is what you got from Dave.

To those that didn't know him very well or at all.

Well, all I can say is, it's unfortunate that you've missed out on what a wonderfully delightful soul he was. Not to mention his warmth, charm, intelligence, and especially his wit, and sense of humor to which always brought the house down in Propeller with frivolity and laughter. He made everyone feel positive, and upbeat about themselves.

To his most ardent, negative, detractors who sought to anger him. Dave was never petty, spiteful, or mean spirited, in any way. His response to them was always replete with polite, jovial, jocularity to which was humble & contrite.

He never stooped to taking the low road. Disarming his naysayers who, in the end, were charmed as well as taken aback at his gifted ingenuity of humor, which NEVER was in any mode or type of denigration or meanspiritedness in any way. But positive, as he won over them as well!
He certainly had style, appeal, charm, charisma, and class!

I loved Dave Thompson like a little brother, I was denied a lot of things in my life, not having a little brother is one of them, but David somehow fulfilled that cold, dark, empty void within me, and I was extremely lucky that providence gave me a surrogate little brother like Dave, even though it was for only a scant 3 1/2 years.

Too short.

I loved, cherished each, and every one of the seconds,minutes,hours and days that we were able to spend together until that untimely end.
To show you how selfless and altruistic David was, he donated his body to a local medical school for study with no pomp or pageantry.

Else-wise; David Thompson was to me a giant amongst men, and he wasn't just larger than life.... HE WAS LIFE!

Certainly one in a million who I shall never forget. I think in ending this Easter holiday that it's important to think of David Thompson not to focus on how he died, but rather how he lived as long as we...his friends and "family" in Propeller who loved him dearly, will always keep him alive in our hearts, and cherish his memory.

Take care dear reader; in knowing that he is no longer in pain or suffering, and that he is in a wayyyyyy better place than we are.

But we down here are all the more the lesser w/o him.

To Dave... I know your up there with your fellow angels, and making heaven joyfully happy with merriment in your presence, & as I've always said to you on the phone every time when we ended our conversations:
"Take care little brother...I love you."

Until we meet again up in that stellar, celestial road....G'Bye Dave...


Joe

Dave Thompson aka "Ind06"