aliveness
notes on what it means to feel fully alive in the present moment, and to live from that place in perpetuity
aliveness
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
... See moreDonald Miller • A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Life is fierce and difficult. There is no life we can live without being subject to grief, loss and heartbreak. Half of every conversation is mediated through disappearance. Thus, there is every reason to want to retreat from life, to carry torches that illuminate only our own view, to make enemies of life and of others, to hate what we cannot
... See moreDavid Whyte • David Whyte
When I watch a Miyazaki film I can’t help but think about his attunement to the world, the presence it requires to transmute the real world into a fantastical one. That’s the interesting contradiction of writers and artists, I suppose: alienation is a necessity, but so is participation. The point of getting better is to be more in the world.
“Let us expand, live much, and be many things, and
not shirk the complexity of the world or of ourselves.”
— Julian Jaynes
not shirk the complexity of the world or of ourselves.”
— Julian Jaynes
Dylano | Essayful • Tweet
Not all questions seek answers, some seek journeys.
“Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit the evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble. It is time to really live; to fully inhabit the situation you happen to be in now. You are not some disinterested bystander. Participate. Exert yourself.” -Epictetus
“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
- Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption.
- Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption.