What good life is is the most important philosophical question.  Mr. Hintjens writing is extremly important as our mortality is a key facet of our understanding of life. I claim our society is estranged from it and consider it a horror, whereas the tone in Mr. Hintjens text is touching and to the point in helping us to face it. One day we all will be dust like Mr. Hintjens. I hope I can approach my passing with such apparent dignity and compassion as echoed by this text.