Feeling Alive

“I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.” 

Of course, we are all alive, but are we really living? Are you alive or just breathing? What makes you feel alive? What does it mean to feel alive? 

We live in a world where we are constrained by walls, that ironically, we have built ourselves. It's the norm to spend 5/7 days a week working at your school or your job, and 2/7 days studying, cleaning and doing the tedious chores you were unable to do when you were at work. We go about life doing things everyday that are nearly always unnecessary. We've lost the magic of life, that you only had when you were a child. Everything important is lost in the piles of responsibility and hustle of our everyday lives.

What makes you feel alive?

So many people don't know the answer to this question. We don't know our own self. We don't know what matters.The key is appreciation. I feel alive... when I pour water in the soil of a dying flower, and hours later, like magic, see that flower revived and beautiful. I feel alive when I ride a bicycle, or poke my head out the window of a car....when the wind blows in my face ferociously. When I dance in the rain, when I laugh, when I sing, when I love. Blast my favourite song. Smile at a tree. When I watch the sun rise or set. Screaming at the top of my lungs. Spontaneity! 

“Grown-ups love figures... When you tell them you've made a new friend they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you "What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies? " Instead they demand "How old is he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make? " Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.”       

This quote from "The Little Prince" sums up what I'm trying to say. Ask the right questions. See the beautiful. Forget, forgive. The life we've made for ourselves, it isn't real. Paint the canvas that is your life. Life is about creating yourself. 

Who cares if you forgot the homework? Who cares if they don't love you? Who cares?

These things are important because we've made them important. Yes, they're partially important because that's the society we live in and those are the rules we abide by, but sometimes, FORGET. Remember nature. Society isn't real. A man-made creation that will not get the better of you. 

Ignite the passion.