A lovely sentiment, indeed. Wish more people lived by those ideals.
As a side note, I especially noted Ebert's laid-back views on death; it does not trouble him to know that some day he will end and "that will be that". In contrast, I am married to a man who lives in complete terror that he might not exist someday, that there won't be an afterlife, and he will just ... stop being. Arguments that "if you no longer exist, you won't notice" only make him feel worse. I don't understand his irrational anxiety any more than he likely understood my agoraphobia 10 years ago - such is the nature of irrational anxieties, I guess, but I wish I knew how to soothe him. Would be easier if he took Ebert's "come what may" attitude.
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As a side note, I especially noted Ebert's laid-back views on death; it does not trouble him to know that some day he will end and "that will be that". In contrast, I am married to a man who lives in complete terror that he might not exist someday, that there won't be an afterlife, and he will just ... stop being. Arguments that "if you no longer exist, you won't notice" only make him feel worse. I don't understand his irrational anxiety any more than he likely understood my agoraphobia 10 years ago - such is the nature of irrational anxieties, I guess, but I wish I knew how to soothe him. Would be easier if he took Ebert's "come what may" attitude.