Going Alone

A Stoic theory of life adventure

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    STOIC POETRY | The blessing of mortality's embrace
    Kurt Bell
    • May 31, 2020
    • 1 min

    STOIC POETRY | The blessing of mortality's embrace

    An impressive thing about deserts is the honesty they demand of our age, our health, and our constitution. The desert will not...
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    STOIC POETRY | THE GOOD LIFE | A Human Operating System | 05-08-20
    Kurt Bell
    • May 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    STOIC POETRY | THE GOOD LIFE | A Human Operating System | 05-08-20

    I'd made the foolish mistake of venturing into the desert further than I should on a day when I should not and past the point I should...
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    STOIC POETRY | An urgency to life
    Kurt Bell
    • May 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | An urgency to life

    Every time I go to Siberia I can sense my diminishing capacity to withstand the world as it is and always will be; harsh, raw, deadly and...
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    STOIC POETRY | The Death of Mad Mike Hughes
    Kurt Bell
    • Feb 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | The Death of Mad Mike Hughes

    I got the news on Sunday, February 23rd, 2020 that Mike Hughes had died. "Mad Mike" was killed while piloting his latest home-made rocket...
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    STOIC POETRY | Steve Irwin, dead at forty-four
    Kurt Bell
    • Oct 25, 2019
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | Steve Irwin, dead at forty-four

    October 25, 2019 Dear Eric, Though you lived few years, I think you lived many days. As you were around much during the time when you...
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    STOIC POETRY | Holding our breath
    Kurt Bell
    • Sep 25, 2019
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | Holding our breath

    September 25, 2019 Dear Eric, How did you engage your mind during those final minutes of life before the lights went out for good? You...
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    STOIC POETRY | Dying Out Loud - Dave Wamock
    Kurt Bell
    • Aug 14, 2019
    • 1 min

    STOIC POETRY | Dying Out Loud - Dave Wamock

    August 14, 2019 Eric, I watched an interesting video yesterday which featured a man named Dave Wamock who was diagnosed with ALS or Lou Ge
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    ABOUT

    Going Alone was begun by Kurt Bell in an effort to help others understand and manage  the recognition of the apparent indifference of the universe to our well being, happiness or even our existence, and to find ways to make a good life in spite of this fact.

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