Going Alone

And here is the referenced video: My name is Kurt Bell and I am delighted that you have taken some time to share a little of the experience of life with me. I’m available on social media at the links below and can be reached via email at dinnerbytheriver@gmail.com. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/softypapa Find me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LylesBrother On Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/109050782163582511388/posts Instagram: http://instagram.com/softy

“Hi Kurt, My name is OOOO and, like many others, I’ve been watching your videos for a long time now. The genuine insights and wisdom you provide and offer is what has had me watch your videos and has led me to ask you a question that has been causing me a tremendous amount of stress, anxiety and uncertainty toward the future of my life. And I really hope you could provide some insight. My issue is this: Back in 2010 when I was OO years old, I began what is now a full-fledged

“Hi Kurt, you’ve probably seen me commenting here and there on your videos and posts, I really enjoy your videos and all of the interesting stuff you’ve been posting about lately. I have a question for you which might be a bit personal, but I figure you’re probably the right person to ask. Getting ready to move back to the USA you’ve been getting rid of a lot of stuff. I’m getting ready to move to Japan (I have a plane ticket booked for the XX of November!) and I’m really exc

Secrets are sometimes more painful than revelation. This person’s questions were addressed over a series of video responses. Use the links below to see each video in the series. First video: “Earning the sympathy of others” (this blog post) http://youtu.be/cY15rj3fcVM Second video: “Holding in the pain” http://youtu.be/TIeCY6M8uy0 Third video: “Touching flowers” http://youtu.be/W81X9Ftf8h0 —- Here is the link to the video “How I lost a million dollars”: http://youtu.be/QvHLOJ

First email: “Hello Kurt, The email I sent about my dilemma was awhile back, and it’s in the past now. I kinda blew it with the girl at lunch, but I’m not too worried about it. I actually decided to take Victor’s advice, about picking the one I felt I had a better chance with and it has been going fairly well I guess. Homecoming is just around the corner and she wanted to go and well I’m sure you know that I’m a really big introvert and honestly I don’t like parties or school

Here’s a link to my LinkedIn profile for any who are curious or who would like to be connected with me there: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kurt-bell/b/416/754 Welcome to the LylesBrother blog. My name is Kurt Bell and I am delighted that you have taken some time to share a little of life with me. If you are someone struggling to find your footing in life then please consider visiting our self-help and support website at http://sonsofgrizzly.com. I’m also available on social me

Sometimes we fail to recognize or appreciate the sunny days of our lives. 🙂 “Dear Kurt, My name is XXXX I am 19 years old and I live in the small town of XXXX. I have watched all of your videos and can’t say how much they inspire me. I’m a recent graduate in Media Broadcasting and volunteers and a local Cable station. During my time in my eight week program I had some hard troubles keeping up with the class which made me feel not capable of myself. But I turned things around

“Hi there Kurt… Not entirely sure how to start so intro time… I’m a XX yr old student from XXXX and my name is XXXX 🙂 First I love your videos so here I am emailing you. At the start of this year I moved from my coastal home town to the city which is 5 hours away… I moved here not knowing anyone at all, first day of uni I was sitting in a auditorium surrounded by around 600-700 people and not knowing one of them… Through my Japanese class I happened across some people who we

“Hi, Kurt. Thanks for the response! I suppose I can give you another update since I have been in school for about two more weeks since my last message. Things are going alright here, I have made a few friends and acquaintences. I was unfortunately unable to join the Outing Club because all of the hiking trips were filled before I could get in to sign up for any of them. This is apparently a common problem because the Outing Club at my school is extremely popular. My only opti

Sometimes there’s no better option than escape… “Hello Kurt, So, I live in a small city. This city is completely surrounded by farm land. As you would assume, Everyone around here works as either a farmer, a truck driver or in construction. This is not me. To me being a blue-collar worker is not an option. I seem to be the only person I know who thinks like this. My mother has worked as a gas pump attendant for 7 years and wants me to do the same thing. My family on my mother

“Hi Kurt, I am having quite a swell day so far, I took your advice applied to a local sushi restaurant as a dish washer. I also walked in and asked if I could talk to the person in charge of hiring. Unfortunately he wasn’t in today but the lovely waitresses gave me the hours and days he would be in, so there is hope yet! Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to not only respond, but even follow up with even more advice! I will definitely give the podcast a lis

“Hi Kurt, Really enjoyed your latest video regarding provisions. Made so much sense to me, and it’s always heartening to find that despite how adrift one might feel – there is always someone else experiencing the same life-dilemmas. Safety in numbers don’t you know! I wanted to ask you a particular question that I would value your insight on if you don’t mind. Here’s my question; Should I continue an essentially pragmatic relationship or, despite the destruction it might caus

Until very recently humans didn’t live long enough to postpone such milestones as career, marriage and family. With our longer life-spans perhaps we might do well to ration out our ambitions across the full breadth of life. “Hey Kurt! Well it’s been three weeks into school and it’s been getting better… I’ve got over the other woman and moved on, and just like you said there are more fish in the sea… So the first week went fairly slow I was still pretty introverted at the time

The video below is the one I referenced in this video about my life career path. “Dear Kurt, I’m sure every email you get starts off by telling you “I love your videos they’re great! Keep it up!” and this one will be no different, and I truly do mean it! I watch them whenever I get a chance to be in front of the computer. I have them running on the side to glance over at now and again, if I’m not able to give it my full focus due to being busy, or simply just to listen to you

Welcome to the LylesBrother blog. My name is Kurt Bell and I am delighted that you have taken some time to share a little of life with me. I’m available on Facebook and Google+ if you have questions or just want to chat and say hi. I can also be found at the JVLOG forum with other Japan-related content creators. All links are listed below. I look forward to meeting you on-line. Have a great day! The Path of Wildness is easy to find The course of a stream Leaves blown in the w

Welcome to the LylesBrother blog. My name is Kurt Bell and I am delighted that you have taken some time to share a little of life with me. I’m available on Facebook and Google+ if you have questions or just want to chat and say hi. I can also be found at the JVLOG forum with other Japan-related content creators. All links are listed below. I look forward to meeting you on-line. Have a great day! The Path of Wildness is easy to find The course of a stream Leaves blown in the w

Welcome to the LylesBrother blog. My name is Kurt Bell and I am delighted that you have taken some time to share a little of life with me. I’m available on Facebook and Google+ if you have questions or just want to chat and say hi. I can also be found at the JVLOG forum with other Japan-related content creators. All links are listed below. I look forward to meeting you on-line. Have a great day! The Path of Wildness is easy to find The course of a stream Leaves blown in the w

In this video I read an email from an informed viewer on the value of higher education in the modern US economy. I think the key word here is “value” as the benefit of advanced education, especially a liberal arts education, is indeed something real and useful in forming minds which can understand and engage logic and reason as well as in refining the critical faculties of common sense. The issue at hand then is not if higher education is useful, but instead if very costly mo

I received an email today from a woman who described herself as passing from the autumn to the winter season of her life. The words she shared made me think of the character and quality of wisdom which seems untransferable between individuals and must instead be mined like ore from the ground by each one of us through the hard efforts of living. Hello Susan, I’m sorry for my long delay in response. Thank you for your nice message and words of advice borne of experience. Thoug

Welcome to the LylesBrother blog. My name is Kurt Bell and I am delighted that you have taken some time to share a little of life with me. I’m available on Facebook and Google+ if you have questions or just want to chat and say hi. I can also be found at the JVLOG forum with other Japan-related content creators. All links are listed below. I look forward to meeting you on-line. Have a great day! The Path of Wildness is easy to find The course of a stream Leaves blown in the w