The Good Life - 04/09/2023 - Old tree in the yard
- Kurt Bell
- Apr 9, 2023
- 2 min read
Emily might visit today. Every time she comes she’s someone new. Bit by bit university life, and living away from us and on her own, carries her into someone new. It’s an ancient process for sure, new life taking the place of old, but outfitted and equipped for its own world and paradigm way of being. And each time she comes I perceive her increasing will and self-control. One day soon she’ll no longer need us really. Sure, she’ll still need us kinda, like the young always need the old—kinda. Less and less, like a familiar and comforting old tree in the yard, a safe and familiar place to play under when small, lovely to see and remember as we grow to adult, less and less needed, always good it’s there, ‘till one day a stong wind knocks the old tree over and it’s gone, leaving a hole which soon grows over with grass and weeds. “There was a tree there once,” Emily might someday tell her kids with a look in her eyes. Adding perhaps, “Let’s go play under the trees.”
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The Good Life Meditation is my daily recitation and reminder of personal objectives and principles used in pursuit of a purposeful life in spite of a universe of seeming indifference. Learn more about The Good Life at my website GoingAlone.org or by reading my book Going Alone. And visit our Discord at: https://lnkd.in/gFgfGmY6
OBJECTIVES: 1. Be Always Ready to Die 2. Make Good Use of Time and Resources 3. Develop Good and Sound Life Principles 4. Cultivate Good Emotional Reactions 5. Perform Good Actions 6. Recognize True Limits and Opportunity 7. One Thing Slowly
PRINCIPLES: 1. Principle of War 2. Principle of Reason 3. Homunculus 4. Anchorhold 5. Home of Good and Evil 6. Principle of Purpose 7. Atomic Principle 8. Principle of Nature 9. The Pirate Ride 10. Principle of Maturity 11. Social Principle
12. Principle of Family 13. Public Speaking 14. Temperance 15. Life Will Not Go Well 16. The Horror Show 17. That Which Must Be Borne 18. The Feast of Offal 19. Distraction 20. Agency and The Great Indifference 21. The Best Seat in the House 22. The Restless Man 23. The Path of Wildness 24. The Great Life Adventure 25. The Risk of Avoiding Risk 26. Sin and Damnation 27. Complete Oblivion 28. The Season of Philosophy
29. Scriptwriting 30. Bullseye Aim 31. The Uphill Climb 32. Arena and Utility 33. Nothing IS enough 34. The Principle of Fun
My name is Kurt Bell.
You can learn more about The Good Life in my book Going Alone.
Be safe... But not too safe.
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