The King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has been widely known for his popular moon walk. It is a dance step wherein he has been associated with. Wikipedia defines the moon walk as “a dance technique that presents the illusion of the dancer being pulled backwards while attempting to walk forward.”

Looking at the dance and the definition behind it, I was able to see a moral lesson between Michael Jackson’s final years of his life and his moon walk. Please take not that I have no intentions whatsoever to mock Michael Jackson, but only to illustrate the lessons we can learn from his life and his famous moon walk.

Considered to be the most successful entertainer of all time, Michael Jackson sold over 750 million records and won several major awards including 13 Grammies and 13 number one singles. All his lifetime earnings were estimated to be around $ 500 million and this does not even include his music catalog holdings which is rumored to be over a billion dollars worth.

In spite of all the fortune and fame he gained, struggles of depression and debt wreck havoc in the last part of his life. To some people, his two year seclusion of himself from his family and friends and his struggles with money worsened his fragile health. Ironically, he was a person loved and adored by his millions of fans, yet he passed away broken hearted, miserable and lonely.

I refer to the King of Pop’s final years on this world as his last moon walk. Like his moon walk, Michael Jackson’s life failed to move forward because he was being drawn backward by the circumstances of his life. But unlike the moon walk, all the drawbacks in his life were not mere illusions. Below are three lessons in life which I have taken from the King of Pop’s final moon walk.

1.) Don’t spend more than what you have - Even though the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, earned more than a million dollars each year, it was said that he spent more than $20 to $30 million more than what he earns only to support his luxuriant lifestyle. This type of lifestyle brought about financial problems during the latter part of his life. Many wealthy people, such as a Bahrain sheik, charged the King of Pop of neglecting to pay debts he owed. The King of Pop also lost Neverland Ranch, a place beloved to him. Even though his assets weigh more than his debt, the King of Pop died leaving more than $400 million of debt. Yes, he may the right to live luxuriantly and as a “star” he seemed to deserved it, but the King of Pop could have learned to live within what he earns and had his other assets wisely taken care. His failure to employ such strategy not only added problems but also heightened his depression.

2.) Life is tough, so learn to handle problems - The King of Pop may have accomplished so much success in his musical career, however, he could not handle a problem well. When problems came, he became so depressed that he turned to weird plastic surgeries, isolation and drug misuse. An example of this was when he was accused of child molestation. The King of Pop was never the same after the that ordeal. According to J Randy Taraborrelli in an article he wrote for the daily mail, “He (King of Pop) surrounded himself with children, animals and a false reality - so much so that he never learned how to cope in the real world. He never wanted to grow up, and his managers encouraged these eccentricities when they should have encouraged therapy.”

3.) True happiness and joy never came from fame and fortune - Despite what the records and others say about Michael Jackson’s successes as an entertainer, it cannot hide the fact that his last days in earth was not filled with satisfaction and peace. Yes he may have broken records, evolved the music industry, pierced through racial barrier or gained the love of millions of fans around the globe but he died with so much depression, the feeling of unloved and unhappy. His is isolation from his family and friends did not even help him at all but in fact worsened his problems.

Michael Jackson’s last moon walk bears so many morals in life. I could have said more but it is your turn to do your own analysis. I pray that in the event we will have to do our last moon walk here on earth, it would be much better than Michael Jackson’s.

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