Many Faces of Robbin Williams

As we all know, a couple days ago (Aug 11th, 2014) Robin Williams died committing suicide. Most people (myself included) were the many who didn't actually didn't believe it at first until it was confirmed. Yes, he actually did and it's sad -- in a more heartbreaking way.

When I was a kid I'd remember his as the guy who voiced the Gennie in Disney's animation 'Aladdin' (1992) or as the guy who cross dressed and made it funny in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993). As I grew up, I followed his films that were eyeopeners like Good Will Hunting (1995) and even Good Morning Vietnam (1987). All in all I knew him as the guy who was looking so happy that he'd share it and it'll be contagious you can't help but smile too.

On another flip side of the coin, he was a guy who supported kids and heck, he wasn't afraid to act like one. I remember at some point there's be adults who would shake their head at his antics. But as a kid I actually appreciated it. He was one of the few I knew that didn't think acting like kid was a serious disease. He embraced it.

And if that wasn't cute, he (as well as his wife) agreed to actually named his daughter after a video game character Zelda. Most of the other kids who were video gamers would love to be named after her. Don't believe me? Well, he and his daughter actually were apart of a 3DS commercial in 2011. 

 
To think he'd end his own life thanks to depression was something that never occurred to me. In a way, I feel bad... The guy you've known on film and other things that had the most happiest face in world actually suffered from depression? It makes you think about the other people around you (whether your at an office, school, public area) are suffering from the thing. Also, it makes you ask yourself what you could have done to stop it before the worst thing happened.

Personally, I've had a friend who suffered the same fate and committed suicide. He was a year above me in University (majoring in the same subject), he was also a friend of my sister before he was accepted in the university I eventually went to. In a sense, he was a guy that I knew before most of my peers of my University class did. I saw him strive with my sister as well as her friends, made it into one of the top universities in the country, knew him as a happy-go-lucky guy, and even was he far more religious than me.

When we heard he died and committed suicide, it was just shocking. Just a few day before he died, I was talking to him in classroom like it was a usual thing. I didn't even gave a thought and he didn't seem like he was any under sort of depression like state. Well, I probably won't go further than that. The thing is, I think it's a example to us that we have to pay a lot more attention to people around us. 

Well, I can't say much than RIP Mr. Robin Williams and thank you for giving us a treasure trove of films as well as a lesson for all of us to share more smiles in the world, and we have a long battle ahead of us when it comes to fighting depression. 

"Everyone you meet is fighting and battle you don't know. Be kind."