What matters most: living a more considered life

Preface: What matters

Shock and awe : that life not be governed by fear

Saving the appearances : that we learn to tolerate ambiguity

Starving amid abundance : that we consider feeding the soul

That we respect the power of eros

That we step into largeness

That we risk growth over security

That we embrace verbs not nouns

That we find and follow the path of creativity and delight in foolish passions

That we engage spiritual crises, and other bad days at the office

That we write our story, lest someone else write it for us

Amor fati : that we fight fate, and love it also

That we live more fully in the shadow of mortality

That we accept at last that our home is our journey, and our journey is our home.