Good life

Listened to a podcast named The Good Life Project by Jonathan Fields. The first one I listened to was an interview with Elizabeth Gilbert. It had a number of interesting view points. The opposite of depression is curiosity. I found that statement by Fields very interesting. Is it true that if someone is genuinely curious they cannot get depressed? It sounds very likely to me. But the curiosity should be pure and genuine. If it is mixed up with other motives such as ambitions, money etc. it would not work. But can everyone be curious all the time? How about distractions such as a serious illness for you or someone you love. How to separate emotions?

What does good life mean to you? I am paraphrasing the answer by Gilbert the way it is recorded in my memory. A good life means having the discipline to stay awake and alert to be curious. That is the highest form of prayer. For reasons not clear to me God has put life into my hand believing that I could do it. If the universe believe so, it is most likely be true. It thought, I am going to give this precious, fragile life into her hands and throw in all sorts of obstacle, set backs, failures, victories on her way and see if she can come out without being embittered. Many peoples had trails of disappointments and shame in their past life. But they also had moments of reckoning. At one point they decided that they do not want to exist as these billions of unconnected molecules moving in space. They want to be an integrated whole thing. A real human being. In doing so they became heroes. That is good life. 

Beautiful! Should read some of her works.