Feeling alive- what does it mean for you?
By phoenix8606
@phoenix8606 (4942)
April 26, 2012 11:57am CST
Hello friends,
I didn't know which interest to choose for posting this discussion- QUESTIONS or LIFE, but hope QUESTIONS is fine. So my question now is- what does it mean to feel alive for you? How do you define the term "being alive"? Is just the way you live, I mean just waking up in the morning, doing your routines, going to work or school and general things like that. Or is it related to things that you consider as EXTREME, things that make you blood burst?
For me feeling alive means being with the people I love and also sometimes making things that make my blood burst :)
9 responses
@phoenix8606 (4942)
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26 Apr 12
You are totally right. Without your loved ones, the people around you, the ones who help and support you, you can't really feel ALIVE.
@malasrivastava (33)
• India
27 Apr 12
For me, feeling alive means doing what you want to do, working hard to fulfill your dreams, being near to those people who love you must, remembering God and thanking him for what he has given to me.
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@BetterDays4Me (3777)
• Philippines
27 Apr 12
I agree with a lot of things many mylotters have written in this topic. i can add that for me, feeling alive is always a blessing from God. Every time I wake up in the morning, I always feel grateful to God for giving me another day when others are not that lucky ( when we listen to the news, there are so many tragedies and unplanned deaths that happen everyday in all place ). So when I wake up, the first thing I do is thank God for giving me another day, and I count my blessings after that. Besides my family, I also enjoy my work at home activities on the internet and I enjoy many hobbies like playing tennis, chess online, watching and collecting youtube videos, reading and other stuffs.
@phoenix8606 (4942)
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27 Apr 12
Well, both of you are right. Everyone should live their life of full value and with full speed as we never know what will happen tomorrow.
@megamatt (14291)
• United States
29 Apr 12
I really think that getting the absolute most that I can out of every single moment that I live is to really feel alive. Where I am really not squandering the moments, where I can sit back and rather enjoy a lot of things about life, where I really just enjoy what life has to offer. What life can really just continue to really offer.
I think that there are times where life might get us down. But when we are at our darkest, sometimes we tend to rather bring us to the brightest point of our lives. To really have anything pour through, all each and every cylinder right of life, to really just feel the moment, to live for the rush right in our lives and really just enjoy it all.
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@phoenix8606 (4942)
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25 May 12
Think you are right. When we are down and feeling that it can't get worse, we easily notice when we are at our brightest moments in life.
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
27 Apr 12
I define this term to live happily and also affect others using you positive attitude.Life is beautiful,we should go and always extend our views,that's really important.Do what you really wish to do and never regret it.I suppose meaningful life makes your day perfect and alive.
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@phoenix8606 (4942)
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27 Apr 12
Guess that trying to affect others with your good mood, is really a good thing and if you manage to do that, it will really makes you feel alive.
@butterscotsh (1012)
• Philippines
2 May 12
For me being alive is not being alone.
Being with the people I love and doing the
things I like doing like swimming, hiking,
just not sitting in the chair all day in
front of my computer or watching TV.
I also feel alive when I'm reading a great book.
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@phoenix8606 (4942)
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25 May 12
As many other people say and feel, I have to agree with you. The loved ones are the ones that make us feel alive even in moments when we feel like we want to die. cheers
@cyndidaki2871 (83)
• Philippines
27 Apr 12
It means something extraordinary for me that is full of life and spirit and something that has sense and clarity.Definitely I would say it is really about life as it is something that deals with ones existence as I would like to say and perceive it having something to eat,to wear and ones own shelter.Being with life scent after an overnight sleep,free from ailments and diseases.Free from any financial obligations apparently speaking what a life to enjoy if it would be at such state what a privilege isn't it but such inevitability of experiencing life's suffering is indeed binding to ones presence a reality that would strikes us all right.
@phoenix8606 (4942)
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27 Apr 12
I think you mean we should try to enjoy the life in its spiritual way and not take into account the material things.
@blink69nix0 (847)
• Philippines
27 Apr 12
being alive is the most wonderful feeling and the greatest gift of all.There is no other thing that can feel joy the brought us human to explore this life. A lifetime experience that never going back to the best of memories that you added in your history. An enormous feeling that we are part of the human history. We get to see those marvelous thing and very unimaginable experiences.
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@phoenix8606 (4942)
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26 Apr 12
yep, that's true :) but sometimes, we always take into account what others will say about a particular thing we did. :)
@arpecubha (47)
• Bulgaria
27 Apr 13
Being with my family, taking care of my baby, being able to do the things I want when I want. The last one explains everything :) Feeling alive is the same like being happy with the things that my heart says is right!
