I would like to share with you all today three words that define Jordan: PASSION, COLOR, and LOVE.

PASSION: Since high school Jordan’s nickname was JDP, which stand for J-dogg Passion. Some call him J-dogg. I call him Passion. Everything Jordan said or did he did with passion. He only did things he was passionate about, otherwise, he didn’t do them at all. You would ask him to do something with you, and unless you could convince him to be passionate about it, there was no way of getting him to budge. As a result, he only did things that he knew would positively fill his life and make him a better person. Since this word enriched his life so deeply and made him into an incredible person in his short life, I please ask you to, LIVE LIFE WITH PASSION!

COLOR: The other day my mom, brother, and I were in the car heading to my cousin Bobby’s graduation party. Jordan had just finished an interview for a job and at that interview they made him take a personality test. He told us that basically he was the most amazing person one could be. My point is not that he was arrogant, because he was far from it. My point is that he truly represented every personality trait one could have. You never knew what person you were getting when you were with Jordan. Sometimes I even had to ask, “so who am I talking to? Should I come back in 5 and talk to somebody else? Because he knew how to truly be himself, he was the most colorful person I have met. And with this I ask you to please let your guard down, expose yourself to the world and say “Here I am!”, and never be afraid to show everybody your true colors.

LOVE: Every one of us has a unique love with Jordan. Especially, over the past few years he became amazing at physically and verbally expressing his love. One way he did it with me was he was my biggest cheerleader. Almost three weeks ago I was racing to a national championship with him there. He would stand on the side of the road and recruit everybody to cheer. He would say, “You tell him he’s the strongest. You tell him he looks good. You tell him he’s going to win!” Although he could have done it himself because his love for me was greater than anything, he wanted everybody to share. He wanted his love to come from everybody, and he wanted to share his love with everybody.

In the end I ask, take your business card. It’s not a memorial card, because that just wouldn’t be Jordan. He embodied the entrepreneurial spirit, so it’s only fare that we call it his business card. On the back it says, “Live life with PASSION!” In addition, remember to be colorful with who you are, and don’t be afraid to show everybody who you want to be that day, or even that moment. And lastly, always express your love. Jordan was so good at it, and I hope you all can find the same intense love that I had with Jordan with somebody special in your life.

Phillip Mann, Jr.

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