Christopher Hitchens died Friday December 16, 2011
Whenever a famous person dies I experience all of my unresolved grief.
I feel a deep lose of a person I never met and yet I identified with deeply.
This experience reminds me to re-examine my life priorities.
It forces me to wake up and ask myself:
=> Why am I doing what I am doing?
=> If I die today, will I be satisfied with the life I have lived?
=> Am I listening to the voice of my inner calling? (a.k.a. Am I living my passion?)
=> Why does today’s experience of grief stir up old unresolved reservoirs of grief?
=> Why are we so clueless when it comes to dealing with grief?
When a hero of mine dies, I ask myself, “Am I living my own “hero’s quest”? If not, why not?”
How do you feel when a famous person dies?
In the video below, Stephen Fry and friends paid tribute to Christopher Hitchens shortly before he died.
“It’s considered perfectly normal in this society to approach dying people who you don’t know but who are unbelievers and say, ‘Now are you gonna change your mind?’ That is considered almost a polite question.”
— Christopher Hitchens
Read Hitchens last piece for Vanity Fair in which he reflects on Nietzsche’s famous line “Whatever doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.”
May we all live our lives as deeply, courageously, and passionately as Christopher Hitchens lived his life.
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