Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Love is not love which alters when its alteration finds or bends with the remover to remove. You were firm when necessary, Officer Cook, you loved all unconditionally and believed in equal justice for all. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 30, 2013

There is never much trouble in any family where the children hope someday to resemble their parents. I don't think either you, Officer Cook nor Nancy had to worry about succeeding in life. Hard work and a good upbringing erased doubts anyone had of the two of you. You are their hero and you are greatly missed this day and everyday. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 30, 2013

We are all pencils in the hand of a writing God who is sending love letters to the world. The everlasting love you embraced those around you with, Officer Cook, will be our way of always giving back our embrace to you for eternity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 30, 2013

That best portion of a good man's life are his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. And the one happiness in life; to love and be loved. You surely spread love throughout your family and community, Officer Cook. It was part of your humility and charm in how you graced your fellow citizen. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 30, 2013

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving we receive, it is pardoning that we are pardoned. It is in dying that we are born to eternal life. And with your wonderful and fruitful and thought provoking achievements, Officer Cook, as we who celebrate the Easter and Passover holidays, pause to think of what you sacrificed for your country and community on our behalf. Your soul can lift us up to new heights as human beings created from the same God each in their own image. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 30, 2013

We are all acts of will. Vows we take are our spiritual identification cards. God acts immediately upon the oaths that we take. We should not make vows too large to pay back. God does not reward us for just showing up! In a busy life, there is no loitering. You have purpose and you are making things happen! You sure made things happen, Officer Cook. Police officers are compensated by the tax payers and there is no time to be a derelict on duty. You always used your time according to the standards set forth by your department and made certain every moment was accounted for. One must give things up in order for God to bring more to you. God always hides our treasures in an unlikely vessel. Your words have the power to create or abort and when you hear God's word, recognize it for what it is and if you are ready to act on it, you are awake. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero and let your soul awaken us on pathways of righteous.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 30, 2013

As long as you keep to a job, you will only make others rich. Money is not everything, freedom is. God will not give you what you're worth. You must pay yourself Your passion, Officer Cook, created the freedom for you to achieve prosperity. Work from your passion and you'll never work a day in your life. Purpose without passion becomes little more than completing the steps on a to-do list. Passion+purpose+action=prosperity. These ingredients, Officer Cook, were incorporated into your blueprint and that of Karen's which enabled the two of you to succeed in your chosen professions of endeavor. Just by knowing the class gentleman as told by your family members, reflecting on your life and career we can see the picture in its entirety as to whom you were and what you represented. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 30, 2013

We are all complex beings, a perfect reflection of God. He will never give you want you don't need. You are your habits and if you can adopt habits that serve God, you will master the laws of thinking. The thinking man's police officer, that was Officer William C. Cook. You tried to stay ahead of the learning curve in all aspects of your profession and this enabled you to see the big picture in front of you. God wants us to take joy in life and the life you so proudly lived will forever be your guiding legacy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 30, 2013

The external should never be your reality; only the internal should be. Challenges are God's way of motivating us to expand our minds, change our perceptions and develop our Spirits. You will never achieve great things without going out on the edge and risking. Risk is just "opportunity" misspelled. When you are bold and take a risk and others tell you you're crazy or a heretic, smile. You risked everything on May 16, 1979, Officer Cook and we are sure proud of you and what you stood for and meant to Dade County and its citizens for ever to be honored. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You seized the moment to answer a call not out of being mandated to and this for sure is what you always be remembered for. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 30, 2013

The energy that comes out of your mind will attract whatever suits it. Think prosperity and you will attract prosperous people. People of quality tend to attract more people of quality. You were one of the finest human beings to don the badge of the Metro-Dade Police Department and wear its uniform with humility and the pride and honor that is called for, Officer Cook. Since you mastered the trait of a righteous individual, you made everything created for you possible. Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. We'll never forget your kindness to others and the daring and bravery that allowed you to become one fine police officer. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You and Karen were prosperous in all your doings and now your wonderful soul can guide us into the future as we can look back at your brilliant life of achievement.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 30, 2013

The key to manifestation is focusing your attention powerfully and persistently on what you desire. To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, He will give eternal life. Your humbleness allowed you, Officer Cook, to seek only what was just and proper. And you succeeded beyond all and now you can rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero and assist God in helping those who desire to follow the paths and trails that you properly and with honor, dignity and integrity blazed.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 29, 2013

Your word determines your day, who you are, where you are and where you are bound. Your word Officer Cook, was your solemn bond and whatever you said you would do you could be counted on. Today, being Good Friday, I'm sure your family is celebrating and pausing to reflect upon a wonderful, loving son and darling brother as well as a doting uncle and great-uncle. You'll never be forgotten my neighbor, friend and hero. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 29, 2013

Resentment kills a fool and envy slays the simple. You lived a modest and most humble life, Officer Cook with your family and Karen and did not possess a mean bone in your body. You only went out of your way to help others and your sacrifice proves this beyond a shadow of a doubt. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 29, 2013

You are a spirit passing from being to becoming and the spirit is the unseen element that underlies everything on this physical plane. God=word=spirit=thought=creation=manifestation. When you get to the root, you'll get the fruit. You beheld everything, Officer Cook, you had all the potential to manifest in this world and that has been laid down since creation. You knew the route, you were showed the way and that was the exhilarating, rewarding transcending way you lived to do God's work. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You can now partake of those vitally important fruits of your labor which are necessary for you to maintain the task of assisting in heaven and helping keep peace in this world.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 28, 2013

The mind reacts on the impulse of the strongest suggestion given to it. Worry, stress, doubt-these are all ways of essentially saying you don't trust God. Worry is meditation in the wrong direction: Nega-tation. It matters not how straight the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate; I am captain of my soul. God set your course before you, Officer Cook and created the laws by which you could succeed. You obeyed and made certain others would obey the laws set forth and as a result of your sacrifice, you can rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You were "Captain Courageous" and our best friend to all.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 28, 2013

We live not in a universe of being, but of becoming. We are in a constant state of creation and sometimes favor isn't fair. Favor comes to those people such as yourself, Officer Cook, who knew how God operates in this world. The purpose of human existence is to express the purpose of the spirit of God in the material world. The whole aim of creation is manifestation. When we are born the job is not over, on the contrary, you have to take the challenges of dilemmas that lie ahead of you and figure out ways to solve them. A master you were, Officer Cook at this. God's spirit testifies that your soul is now with Him helping Him watch over others as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 28, 2013

God is a verb. This means He needs us to act and with a positive zeal and you must be in alignment of purpose with Him if your actions are to bring forth the manifestations He so desires. Your heroic actions that day, Officer Cook, caused you to bring about peace, though it came at a precious cost. You'll never be forgotten for your courage and you should rest in peace, my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 28, 2013

When you declare "I am." You become God. You imitate His ways by practicing and preaching according to His teachings, which you faithfully discharged, Officer Cook while on duty. If you desire the thing, declare yourself to be the thing and it will manifest. You spoke the words that God wants to hear and to familiarize Himself with and He made certain it would happen to you and lo and behold through diligence and hard work, He made it reality. Since you were aware of God's nature, you were constantly aware of your own surroundings. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

.Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 28, 2013

For who has known the mind of the Lord, that He will instruct him? But we have our talents to utilize which He implanted in our minds. You were given a mindset, Officer Cook, that was far more intellectually superior to others and you employed it with a positive emotion and put forth the effort to carry out your duties the way officers should: with honor, dignity and integrity. You can never go wrong this way. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 28, 2013

There is a direct correlation between reverencing God and loving knowledge. One cannot truly love God without also loving knowledge. The Creator is knowledge and He does not wish His creation to be God forbid, ignorant. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. Officer Cook, you applied the lessons your beloved parents taught you and your sister and made excellent usage of them to excel at being the very best police officer you could be. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, bravery souls such as yourself don't come along everyday.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 28, 2013

Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord, they would not accept My counsel, they spurned all My reproof. You were one of God's faithful servants, Officer Cook and you took the direction the Lord pointed your compass in and took off on a journey that made you the class individual that served his community with honor and distinction. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 28, 2013

Because of your kind and gentle ways, Officer Cook, I'm sure this will assist in bringing the Messiah quicker than we can bat an eye. God gives men and women such as yourself, Officer Cook, the strength both physically and spiritually to carry out their assignments with both honor, dignity and integrity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 24, 2013

While engaged in the line of duty, it's easy to lose your temper, something Officer Cook, you were able to avoid I'm certain more times than not. Your approach seemed to do the trick in turning a negative problem into a positive resolution. We can't turn back the clock on that fateful day-May 16, 1979, if we could we would. As noted by other reflections your direction was stellar, your bravery was far above outstanding. You'll always be our hero, your family's hero and angel to be sure. You were Central Division's special public servant who made sure people were safe and secure. Your intuition was light years ahead of the pack. This is why my neighbor, friend and hero you forever will be remembered for being the man of the hour. I hope your department saw fit to honor you as the officer that we all knew and loved. Rest in peace. Heroes are forever!.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 24, 2013

For all your positives, Officer Cook, the greatest influence you had on your peers was your kindness and ability to extend this trait to others. Certain positive behavioral characteristics are catchy if passed on to others. Obviously we can describe your life in so many ways and the fact that your last day in this world was spent doing a courageously marvelous act, one that every person, every law enforcement official would be most proud of and that was to save several lives, putting yourself, your very being into harms way. You were the greatest as your family can already attest to. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 24, 2013

When police officers speak or to give advice, we must be sure who is really speaking and where the words are coming from. Are they words or just words for the hour? I believe the words of encouragement, of advice had a sinking effect on all officers who you either worked with, Officer Cook, or just came across during your excellent career. Words if not interpreted correctly or honestly can cut like a knife. But I think the words you spoke had real meaning and were meant for the most part to make the atmosphere feel at ease. May we be strong and strengthened by your motivations and inspire people as you did to be confident in pursuing their goals and dreams. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 23, 2013