Five Lessons We Can Learn From the Life and Death of Whitney Houston

The tragic death of Whitney Houston has officially made this one of the most depressing black history months in recent memory. The deaths of Don Cornelius, Whitney Houston and Etta James last month have simply been too much for us to bear. But life must go on and when we see others face the grips of tragedy, there is always a lesson that God wants us to learn.

Here are five things that all of us can learn from the amazing life and tragic death of the great Whitney Houston:

1)  Never assume you're always going to be on top:

Even when you're out kicking butt, taking names and making money hand-over-fist, things can always start heading south.  When we get on top of the world, we sometimes think that the good times will never stop and that the future is going to be just as shiny as the present.  I am willing to guess that in the 1980s when Houston was the most popular singer in the United States, she never would have guessed that she'd go out in this way. Success can make us complacent.