Usually, we have no awareness that we are living, or what that even means. We process information and make decisions on autopilot, our egos efficiently operating our words and actions, while our bodies keeps themselves breathing, moving, digesting, and the like.
But there are particular moments where we're shaken out of all of that suddenly. Where we look at our hands, or feel our lungs fill with oxygen, or an involuntary sense of relief overwhelms us, and we realize—I’m alive.
That against all probabilities of space and time, we were born, and not only were we born, but we survived and continue to exist and experience the world every.
single.
day.
It’s a miracle, really, and for that particular moment, we are aware of each of our cells and we are aware of our whole. I am alive. Living. Breathing. Wow.
This feels great.
What makes you feel alive ?