Aliveness
musings on the feeling of aliveness + what makes people feel alive and in touch with their humanity
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Aliveness
“Don’t you want to be alive before you die?”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
Pretty much everything in life is like this: there are some ways you can show up that just feel better. And when you show up for the truest and most beautiful version of your life that you can imagine, you feel excited and alive.
Ava • Not Disappointing Myself
"There are two ways to make the world more mesmerizing: to seek out new and increasingly intense experiences, or to loosen the filters that make ordinary experience “ordinary”. You can go skydiving, or you can meditate for long enough that walking feels like skydiving. Either way, I think what we’re seeking is an escape back into what we used to... See more
- Kasra
I can't control life. I can only do my best at each step, and to honor the life flowing through me. I would rather live my full truth than box myself into what might look like success to others.
The path of aliveness has often been tumultuous for me, but it’s not always so dramatic. Sometimes it's not the path to break up, to move, to
... See moreOn the other side of creative aliveness, there is flatness. I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately, about what happens when our worlds go flat. The dynamism we lose, the emotional urges we suppress, the original impulses we become too afraid to nurture.
On the running path recently, a song came on. It was by Eminem. His music is not my choice for... See more
On the running path recently, a song came on. It was by Eminem. His music is not my choice for... See more
Leandra Medine Cohen • Notes from the running path
Leandra on anti-flatness
— Grandma, how to do deal with pain?
— With your hands, honey. If you do it with your mind in place to relieve the pain, it becomes even harder.
— With our hands grandma?
— Yes. Our hands are the antennae of our soul. If you move them by weaving, cooking,... See more