aliveness

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

“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing” - Ben Franklin

Patrick OShaughnessy x.com

He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.

– Jean-Luc Godard

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

Gay, who had lived a good life by letting the sheriff beat him at checkers, suddenly grew cocky and never lost another game. He lost his privileges that way but he felt a whole man again.

Dylan O'Sullivan • Tweet

Flirting is a way of life. Do you smile at the pretty girls, compliment the older ladies, or wink at the moon? How about the birds, when they sing, do you whistle back in tune? Or what about when driving, do you have a smooth touch & no fear of pushing your car to its limits? In business, do you dare to demand what you... See more

Augustus x.com

i cannot overstate how big the difference is between

a - learning a map, then venturing into the territory, and

b - venturing through the territory, then finding out there are maps

Thea • Tweet

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Rudra Dakini • Tweet