aliveness

notes on what it means to feel fully alive in the present moment, and to live from that place in perpetuity

“It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey.”

—Wendell Berry

Steve Schlafman • Tweet

the art feels alive to the extent that the artist felt alive

I've wondered, though, if one of the reasons we fail to acknowledge the brilliance of life is because we don't want the responsibility inherent in the acknowledgment. We don't want to be characters in a story because characters have to move and breathe and face conflict with courage. And if life isn't remarkable, then we don't have to do any of tha

Donald Miller • A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

Michael Meade • Tweet

Only dead things are certain. Everything that is alive dances in different degrees of uncertainty.

from laura cincera on twitter - tweet

Life cannot be made to conform to a system, it cannot be forced into a framework, however nobly conceived; and a mind that has merely been trained in factual knowledge is incapable of meeting life with its variety, its subtlety, its depths and great heights.

— Krishnamurti

Thea • Tweet

frightening how many of our wounds come from trying to be less than we are

-river kenna

“It’s the greatest gig in the world, being alive. You get to eat at Denny’s, wear a hat, whatever you wanna do.” -Norm Macdonald

Steve Schlafman • Tweet

hinterlander • Tweet

Donald Miller • A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

Michael Meade • Tweet

Thea • Tweet