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 live 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.