Home Actor Daniel Gillies HD Photos and Wallpapers July 2021 Daniel Gillies Instagram - an attempt to subdue the nagging sensation that i ought to post more content. unfortunately — i truly have nothing to contribute. image courtesy of @natebuzz

Daniel Gillies Instagram – an attempt to subdue the nagging sensation that i ought to post more content. unfortunately — i truly have nothing to contribute. image courtesy of @natebuzz

Daniel Gillies Instagram - an attempt to subdue the nagging sensation that i ought to post more content. unfortunately — i truly have nothing to contribute. image courtesy of @natebuzz

Daniel Gillies Instagram – an attempt to subdue the nagging sensation that i ought to post more content.

unfortunately —

i truly have nothing to contribute.

image courtesy of @natebuzz | Posted on 11/Sep/2020 04:25:13

Daniel Gillies Instagram – GOOD BYE

I walked into a gym about a decade ago to learn Muay Thai.
The most enduring memory of that time:

Cooper Gibson

He was a star. I don’t like this word — 
It’s used as flippantly as the word ‘genius’.
However, I fail to find another word better suited here.
It was impossible not to be drawn to him.

This enigmatic, slightly broken Gladiator.
One of the greatest fighters I’ve ever seen.

Watching him fight was a thing of great beauty.
He made violence look beautiful. 
Like dance or a forgotten ritual of some kind. 

He had actual humility — not a celebrated quality among fighters — and it was clear that he valued this.

I immediately admired and envied this kid.
Polite, soft-spoken and so very dangerous.
Clearly he’d fought a long war with his addiction and he was winning. 
Few men get to see a glimpse of their actual potential.

He had all this majestic self-sovereignty and he was 20.
Cooper died in September.
He was just 30 years old.

He’d train me on and off when I wasn’t filming.
Our relationship wasn’t really about that, though. 

Every couple of months he’d call —
Always there would be unbridled honesty and a genuine desire to be better.
Cooper could inspire you even as he sought to find his own ascension.
We both had voices within that we were unable to silence.

I’d call him when I was having troubles of my own. 
Dark and dangerous situations I’d created when drinking.
I’ve never shared these stories with anyone. 
I might never.
I’m too ashamed.
Fortunately, these things haven’t happened for several years now.
I’d like to believe I’m not that person anymore — but with the right amount of chemicals, I probably could be.

One thing his death left me with:

Striving for excellence is fine; it’s noble. 
Gives a person a sense of purpose and place.
But it’s not truly important.
Cooper could never quite hear that I loved him for who he was, not who he had the potential to be.

It’s easy to feel like you don’t matter.
Like you don’t have value.

In honor of Cooper, I’d invite you all to tell someone you love how beautiful they are.

Even if you think they don’t need to hear it.

❤️
D

my love to @chasegibson_145 and his family.
Daniel Gillies Instagram – ‘how do I look?’
‘pretty fancy’
‘fancy? like… space-warrior-fancy’

**6 year-old daughter visibly winces with glee**

‘dear god, what did you —?’
‘DADDY DON’T LOOK!’

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