Going Alone

A Stoic theory of life adventure

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    STOIC POETRY | Swimming to a park bench by the sea
    Kurt Bell
    • Jul 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | Swimming to a park bench by the sea

    I swam yesterday in the sea. I swam possibly too far yesterday in the sea, as I am today quite worn and spent. I expect that this is a...
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    STOIC POETRY | COVID-19 and Stoic Apathy
    Kurt Bell
    • Apr 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | COVID-19 and Stoic Apathy

    The arrival of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is an opportunity to exercise the Stoic virtue of Apathy in the face of what we cannot easily...
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    STOIC POETRY | "Population of One" A young woman living all alone in the desert of Cisco, Utah
    Kurt Bell
    • Apr 26, 2020
    • 1 min

    STOIC POETRY | "Population of One" A young woman living all alone in the desert of Cisco, Utah

    I discovered a fellow desert ghost town ghost today in a woman living alone in the deserted railroad community of Cisco, Utah. I can...
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    STOIC POETRY | Life as a distraction
    Kurt Bell
    • Oct 24, 2019
    • 4 min

    STOIC POETRY | Life as a distraction

    October 24, 2019 Dear Eric, Do you remember the flashy show we made of our youth? No, of course, you don't. You can't remember...
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    STOIC POETRY | Sailing backwards
    Kurt Bell
    • Oct 2, 2019
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | Sailing backwards

    October 2, 2019 Dear Eric, What is the cost of yesterday? The cost is now. What is the value of yesterday? The value is maturity - but...
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    STOIC POETRY | Wide margins
    Kurt Bell
    • Sep 22, 2019
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | Wide margins

    September 22, 2019 Dear Eric, How wide were the margins of your life? Not wide enough, I'd guess, given the fact that you left absolutely...
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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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