The Good Life - 06/08/2023 - Time to sell the bike
Updated: Jun 9
It’s time to sell my motorcycle. I don’t want or need it anymore. My riding days are done. Never again do I wish to ride. That part of my life simply came to an end, like a great theatre curtain closing upon a play suddenly complete. And now I’ve risen from my theatre seat, the lights have switched on, I’ve gathered my things and have begun to move on. But I still need to sell the bike, give away my riding gear and throw my old helmet in the dumpster by the road. It’s good to get old and to outgrow old ways, and to give up the past and to say goodbye to whomever we no longer are.
Instead of my motorcycle, I’ll take my two feet to walk and my butt to sit in my chair in the yard or a large rock by the side of the road. Instead of miles of winding roads and the wind in my hair, I’ll take a neighborhood stroll with my wife and the dogs or a barefoot walk on the beach alone with my book or my thoughts and my time. It’s so good and delicious to grow old and to outlive who I once was. Those days were good. But better days have already come.
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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
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My name is Kurt Bell.
You can learn more about The Good Life in my book Going Alone.
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