Hendri Coetzee was a South African living in Uganda perpetually searching for ‘the best day ever’. This search led him to become a legend throughout the extreme sports and exploration world.
Steve writes: “Never before, have I been challenged to re-examine the concept of ‘quality of life’ than when reading Hendri Coetzee’s book: ‘Living the best day ever’.
“Deep within all of his adventures was an intertwined journey to accept the fullness of life – to be able to appreciate it to its full. Only by understanding and ultimately accepting one’s death, Coetzee believed, can we truly experience a ‘quality of life’.
“Speaking to some, and by no means all, palliative care patients I have come across a stillness – a deeper happiness – that I have rarely seen elsewhere. It is a happiness that comes fundamentally from within, a spiritual or psychological wellbeing. Does this come from an acceptance of one’s own death?”
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