Coming Alive
Don't ask yourself what the world needs;
ask yourself what makes you come alive.
And then go and do that.
Because what the world needs
is people who have come alive.
-Harold Whitman
Sometimes it seems all too easy to go through life on autopilot.
Letting the busy take you from place to place,
not giving yourself a moment to consider
whether there is any quality in your harried life,
whether this is the way you really want to live.
I come alive when I stop and focus
on the little surprises all around me,
when I let the sacred speak to me and through me.
When I connect with nature, even briefly.
When I am in a place that has a veil of holiness.
When I really listen to the sound of waves
dancing onto the land.
What makes you come alive?
Comments
The smiles, laughter and cuddles of my little grandaughters also make me feel so alive and so glad to be so!
An exciting thought or idea also makes my cells spin with delight.
thank you meri
and being with family really makes me come alive...
and photos...photos make me really excited these days whether they are mine or belong to someone else.
oh, following up on a recent comment on the mouse you made - that is so incredible that you attended the memorial service for alice paul - there is someone who worked hard to guarantee we were all truly ALIVE
I'm a nature revitalized person too.
I love the fresh green of leafy leaves and plants and their smell...
and the wafts of gardenia floating up from my new gardens...
Happy days