Kobe Bryant and the lesson of death
Life is a journey, one very ephemeral. This is a truism we've become used to. Each day, by the events and circumstances that inundate us, we are faced with this reality that it's become so real and so undeniable. Events come to an end, so do programs and plans. Very remarkably, and in such a manner that we might not readily accept and wish to deny, the life that we live and cherish also comes to end- sometimes in a way not too desirable even if we can't wish away. That's life: so short and so wishful. The news of the death of Kobe Bryant- one of Basketball's stars and legends is one so shocking and also reminiscent of the truism about the ephemerality and the unfortunateness of life. It speaks very greatly of how essentially life should be lived, at least understanding the irrefutable facts that underlies same. Kobe's commitment to the path he's chosen stood him out as a personality to be reckoned with. Such was his commitment that he's regarded a...