He found peace in the stroke. It wasn't entirely bad, and he'd probably laugh that you felt more strongly about it than he did. Here's an interesting interview with him on just that:
https://www.readthespirit.com/explore/the-ram-dass-interview...
https://www.readthespirit.com/explore/the-ram-dass-interview...
OMG not familiar with the person being talked about but "going home" resonates with me. leonard cohen wrote some powerful songs in his old age and "going home" is one of them.