Alexei Navalny Died Today
William Almon, M.D., M.S., M.A.
Past Faculty at PBI Education. Ethics Educator, Physician, Consultant, Editor, Grant Writer, Human Rights Worker
I do not write here often. Mostly I read what others write.
But today is different.
Alex Navalny died today.
Alexei Anatolievich Navalny was an ordinary and singular individual who did simple and extraordinary things.
He spoke.
He lived.
He went to prison.
He spoke for the human rights of others, in a land which denied him the simple human right to do so.
He lived the truth and made it powerful.
He went to prison...
And now he is dead.
Though you may not realize it, you have been enriched by his life.
Yet, you should not feel diminished by his death.
Feel angry
Or inspired
Or sad and full of mourning
Feel indifferent if you are truly so inclined
But do not feel diminished
Alexei Navalny died today...
But his life and what he gave to each of us did not.