You Can Be Alive in Misery—or You Can Choose to Be Alive Delightfully
Trott Bailey Family Civilization
The Art of Living Delightfully
You Can Be Alive in Misery—or You Can Choose to Be Alive Delightfully
Observe the baby.
From the moment a human being is born, the brain is already ticking. The baby is looking, listening, feeling, recognizing, testing and learning.
And the baby needs to eat.
Strip human life down to its simplest requirements and two responsibilities remain:
Exercise the mind so it does not become underused, dulled and increasingly useless.
That is being alive.
The body receives nourishment and continues functioning.
The mind receives experience, questions, problems, beauty, movement, relationships, learning and discovery—and continues developing.
But being alive does not automatically mean living well.
You can nourish the body just enough to keep it moving while spending your days exhausted, frightened, bored, overworked or surrounded by ugliness.
You can keep the brain occupied with worry, competition, conflict and survival.
You can technically remain alive while feeling very little delight in being alive.
Or you can make another choice.
That does not mean refusing responsibility.
It means feeding the body well.
Learning.
Building.
Inventing.
Playing.
Eating.
Drinking.
Laughing.
Loving your family.
Using your abilities.
Experiencing beauty.
Discovering something new.
Resting without guilt.
Creating reasons to look forward to tomorrow.
World Ruler Sher chooses to be alive delightfully.
The orchards, food, music, games, architecture, night lighting, family gatherings, child wonder, productive work and public abundance all grow from that decision.
They are not distractions from life.
They are ways of being fully alive.
