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The opportunity to stay or to go. I say always go. Especially when we are young—always go. For the wonder of what we have left behind is like a dull lump of coal possessed against a moment's need of warmth should life turn cold and dark and possibly alone. We remain behind to not give up the little we already have, in turn for the guarantee of nothing should we leave; a bargain hardly equitable to a reasonable mind. So, I'll stay. And I will settle in. And I will remain with what I know—my lump of coal growing denser through acquisition, gaining substance by way of the gross accumulation of things: a house of our own, a safe marriage, 1.9 kids, the start of a career and the necessity to only once ever memorize our phone number.

I might go out Into life

To see what there is

And return in peace

Or I might stay

Seeking peace

Wondering always

What there is

Or I might depart. I say depart. Especially when we are young—always depart. For the wonder of what we find is like sand on a foreign beach. Worthless. Yet warm to our bare feet, and soft to the touch. Inviting of a long walk along a curious, foreign shore. And the finding of a soft place to sit and behold a strange sunrise, or sunset—or why not both in one day, or for a year, or longer still? Pick up a handful of the strange sand and look close. Such wonders of tiny stones. Worthless. Yet containing everything at once. Put the sand back down. And live for a while in this other place. Accumulate some other things: new ways, and fresh words, and strange and interesting times, some risk perhaps and maybe a scar.

And when your days are done, and your children come to clean out your things, will they wonder more at the lump of dense coal they find upon the mantle by the TV, or by the strange sand which spills from the old pair of sneakers you long ago left by the door before they were born?

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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.

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. The 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. Public Speaking
13. 13. Temperance
14. Life Will Not Go Well
15. The Horror Show
16. That Which Must Be Borne
17. The Feast of Offal
18. Distraction
19. Agency and The Great Indifference
20. The Best Seat in the House
21. The Restless Man
22. The Path of Wildness
23. The Great Life Adventure
24. The Risk of Avoiding Risk
25. Sin and Damnation
26. Complete Oblivion
27. The Season of Philosophy
28. Bullseye Aim
29. The Uphill Climb
30. Arena and Utility
31. nothing IS enough
32. The Principle of Fun

My name is Kurt Bell

Learn more about The Good Life in my book Going Alone.

Be safe... But not too safe

Website: https://goingalone.org

Email: softypapa@gmail.com

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