Are you alive today?

Are you alive today?

No, i dont mean breathing-alive. I mean living-alive. Do you feel like you are living lately? Or are you just existing? All of us can testify of going through that phase, some more, some lesser. It sure feels sucky. Come on, don't dismiss it as part and parcel of life. I'm not saying it is not, but having the attitude of "Let's just grind through this, tomorrow (or next week, next month, next year?!) will be a better day" sounds like we are denying our true inner self. It's like telling our hearts to stop beating, to stop functioning. The more we do that, the more our hearts beats slower, and a day will come when it stop beating no more. I'm sure we have seen people like that; people who have lost all their ideals and dreams, people who are embittened by the failings of this world.

Today i feel more alive than i've been lately. I did things that made me feel connected with my true self. I feel like im breathing again. I started writing cards to encourage people. I made sure i kept my promise to meet someone. Goodness, it sounds so simple but yet i feel so happy. I feel significant. I feel good to keep my word. I feel like im living again.

What about you? Have you been living? If not, perhaps it's time to do something that makes your heart beat again. What is that you ask? Only you yourself will truly know. It's in your heart.

A life without ideals is a life not worth living for.

Thanks Lord.