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  1. Cathie
    Cathie
    9 hours ago

    Hmmm, this is getting deep🥹
    Well – I am not sure…do I define aliveness by my feelings- I feel alive when…
    Or by my consciousness…I know I am alive when…
    Or maybe it is the ruah-the breath- in my soul that animates me???

  2. Carol Ann Conner
    Carol Ann Conner
    14 hours ago

    I’m not sure I can define Aliveness but I feel most alive when music is involved. I loved singing for others in the church and the saloon, in the New Orleans concert choir and the church choir. I sang weddings, I sang funerals, appeared in community theatre musicals. These days I love to go to concerts and play CDs at home.

    1. sparrow51014
      sparrow
      10 hours ago

      You make me think,
      dear Carol Ann,
      of someone who used to be on the Gratefulness team . . .
      she loved to sing too,
      and passed the impulse on to her sons. ♥

  3. Barb C
    Barb C
    15 hours ago

    Like others, the word to me expresses a feeling that extends into and comes from every atom in the body, energy expressing itself, full awareness of self as part of the whole, whole as holding the self, interbeing as Thich Nhat Hanh might say.

  4. Antoinette88615
    Antoinette
    16 hours ago

    The True universe is alive, never changing and never dies! That is Truth! Happy weekend friends! On my way to the main center in Korea leaving from Norway to Amsterdam soon! I can’t believe I’m going ! Meditation retreat here I come ! Hugs 🤗

    1. Joseph
      Joseph McCann
      7 hours ago

      Safe travel Antoinette.

    2. C
      Carol Plotnick
      7 hours ago

      Lifting prayers for safe travels. Have a blessed retreat.

    3. sparrow51014
      sparrow
      10 hours ago

      Bon voyage,
      dear Antoinette,
      for this new adventure. ♥

    4. Carol Ann Conner
      Carol Ann Conner
      14 hours ago

      Safe travels dear Antoinette

  5. sparrow51014
    sparrow
    16 hours ago

    Anything that evokes
    is alive . . .
    the stone is alive,
    cold from the snow,
    wet from the rain,
    warm from the sun.
    Stretching out on the summer stone
    I feel alive from the heat emanating from its surface,
    warming my flesh . . .
    I might smell the salt of the sea on it
    or the organic fragrance of moss in the forest . . .
    I feel something.
    The stone has evoked a feeling in me,
    a kinship, even.
    I am alive and I feel the age and the wisdom in this stone.
    It is alive for me.
    This Earth
    is our playground,
    our classroom,
    our prison,
    and our salvation.

    That being said,
    I believe
    that even the dead are alive . . .
    just in a different way.
    We all imagine how that might be,
    but no one of us
    truly knows.
    Our physical beings . . .
    our molecules and atoms
    might change and transform into many other things,
    our egos might melt away,
    even our memories.
    What about our inner cores,
    our spirits,
    our souls . . .
    what is Life in the end?
    Now that is an adventure to anticipate
    with love. ♥

    1. Joseph
      Joseph McCann
      7 hours ago

      ” Now that is an adventure to anticipate with love.” 🕊️ & ❤️ dear Sparrow.

      1. sparrow51014
        sparrow
        6 hours ago

        . . . and trust,
        dear Joseph,
        which I’m still working on . . . ♥

  6. J
    Jill
    17 hours ago

    Living in the present moment, each day moment by moment with no worries about the past or the future

  7. Charlie T
    Charlie T
    18 hours ago

    Aliveness. I guess I would define it as being present, taking part, contributing, or maybe just the awareness in the moment, that you are alive.

  8. D
    Drea
    19 hours ago

    A sensation of vitality coursing through the entire body.

    1. Barb C
      Barb C
      15 hours ago

      This feeling was the first thing that came to mind for me too, Drea.

  9. Ngoc Nguyen
    Ngoc Nguyen
    19 hours ago

    The activity of living things’ hearts includes feelings such as love, hurt, and healing. May everyone have a wonderful weekend!

    1. L
      Loc Tran
      12 hours ago

      Yes, my Ngoc. In order to heal, we must face our emotions. Pleasure seeking only amplifies the uncomfortable ones.

  10. Patti
    sunnypatti
    19 hours ago

    By paying attention to life and being an active player in it, staying curious and interested, and finding joy in whatever finds me. It’s a passion for living rather than just sitting back and watching the world go by.

  11. Yram
    Yram
    19 hours ago

    An undescribable feeling that overtakes the physical.

  12. L
    Loc Tran
    19 hours ago

    Enthusiasm

  13. Carla
    Carla
    19 hours ago

    Inner energy that enthusiastically spills in to all one’s activities, body, mind, and spirit. Blessed weekend all🌻☮️

    1. Barb C
      Barb C
      15 hours ago

      Love this, Carla. Energy + enthusiasm = yes!

  14. Michele
    Michele
    19 hours ago

    Full of energy.

    Have a good Saturday everyone 🙂

    https://nationaltoday.com/national-cuban-sandwich-day/

  15. Laura
    Laura
    20 hours ago

    Unanticipated joy.

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