It is with very great sadness that I have just read of the passing of a personal hero of mine. Vaclav Havel was a truly inspirational man. From Playwright to Prisoner to President. A genuine light has gone out in the world.
I first began reading his writings as a teenager. I was an exchange student at the time of the fall of totalitarianism in Eastern Europe. I stayed with families on both sides of the former Berlin Wall. It was an eye-opening and optimistic time which touched me personally. The wind of change was blowing through Europe. It was a time which informed and shaped the course of my life. And I have never since forgotten the ideals which that time instilled in me.
Rest in Peace - Vaclav Havel.
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