One of the most surprising outcomes of the passing of Kobe Bryant was the fact that so many people who didn’t follow basketball felt hurt. I had a conversation with my teacher about this subject, and he mentioned he cried when he heard the news, even though he doesn’t watch basketball. This made me realize that Kobe’s influence reached much further than just the basketball community. Maybe we look up to celebrities without even knowing it, or maybe it takes less than we expected to experience grief. All in all, grief is a long and very complicated process. It is important to push through grief and deal with it in your own way. In the words of the great Kobe Bryant, “pain doesn’t tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue you will change.” Remember that next time you feel as if grief will consume you.
- Why do celebrity deaths affect us so much?
- Anecdote: Kobe died
- Expressing grief
- The importance of community
- Social media: Why we look up to celebrities
- Why are athletes good role models?
- Grieving is hard, push through
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