tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064036424586888201.post409735796658624207..comments2023-05-23T01:32:36.789-07:00Comments on Inner Light of Mine: Feeling AliveValerie Vendramehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12526726457613238800noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064036424586888201.post-32275358045701496542013-10-20T17:57:44.463-07:002013-10-20T17:57:44.463-07:00Lisa - Thank you! It's amazing what can happe...Lisa - Thank you! It's amazing what can happen when we start contemplating what makes us feel alive. When we're present, we find joy in practically everything. I remember the first time I looked up at Grand Central Station - blew me away. If I wasn't in such a mad rush I would have looked up for hours :) It's so true - all we have to do is open our perspective and the world reveals itself - in all its glorious beauty. We just need to take off the blinders.<br /><br />Much gratitude for offering your priceless insight :) Valerie Vendramehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526726457613238800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064036424586888201.post-44962407930926652142013-10-20T10:26:18.516-07:002013-10-20T10:26:18.516-07:00Well I will be sure to ask my lovely nieces what m...Well I will be sure to ask my lovely nieces what makes them feel alive.<br />I love your statement about looking up.<br />I decided to look more years ago when I was in Grand Central racing for a train. I stopped to catch my breath, looked up and for the first time ever saw that glorious ceiling and all the stars. How many people never saw it that race around each day going to and fro...?<br />I realized that not only do we potentially miss much by not looking up, but sideways and down as well...<br />What makes me feel alive is everything. There is nothing I am not interested in. The older I get the less I feel so inclined to do. <br />(less thinking would be amazing too!) BUT, question asked....I answer:<br />vegetables and fruits displayed and all colorful<br />the company of a person I love or admire or both and being breathing in the moment with them and LISTENING to what they have to feel/say<br />anything to do in any kind of nature<br />the company of animals and their innate trust and love they exude<br />YOGA<br />getting out of the shower and looking at my bedroom from my bathroom and taking in all the colors, and oh how I adore my little house<br />GRATITUDE-realizing that it is all we need for each day<br />feeling strong and able<br />the children in my life and how they make me feel like my best self. NOTHING ELSE matters than the time with them in those moments<br />Beautiful Art and the souls and their stories who create that Art<br />Bridges<br />Tunnels<br />Funnel Cake<br />Butterflies<br />paws<br />dessert <br />trees<br />rocks<br />& Italian Festivals<br />xoxoxoxoxoxox Lisaleeinnyackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666177566326306640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064036424586888201.post-38615854383082013962013-10-19T19:27:12.125-07:002013-10-19T19:27:12.125-07:00Hi Angela!
A big thanks for your encouraging re...Hi Angela! <br /><br />A big thanks for your encouraging response and feedback! Knowing the post inspired you brings me tremendous joy. We all can use reminders and that's what I hope to offer. Feel free to offer your input whenever you have something to add. I encourage others to do the same. I can use reminders as well. Your comments drive the conversation and create added incentive to keep the blog alive ;)<br /><br />I asked my six year old what makes her feel alive and she said: "why are you asking me that question right now?" I told her I've been thinking about what makes me feel alive and I was just wondering what made her feel alive. Apparently that was enough because she responded without hesitation. "Taking a bath," she said. Taking it further I asked, "Julia, what do you think it means to feel alive?" Quickly and simply she replied, "Happy."<br /><br />Amazing. Children intuitively know. Our natural state of aliveness is to be content, at peace - simply happy. We forget.Valerie Vendramehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526726457613238800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064036424586888201.post-37931827429968121432013-10-18T07:23:04.004-07:002013-10-18T07:23:04.004-07:00Valerie, You just gave me a lesson in how I should...Valerie, You just gave me a lesson in how I should stop dealing with my 7 year old. She has an amazing mind, and as I sit here and think, I do inadvertently make her think "small" but I know, I know, I have to stop. She is my little "Steve Jobs" Nothing is impossible to her. I hope I can remember this lesson, always in everything I do with her. I am going to ask about "feeling alive" I can't wait to see what she says. Angela DeCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01401992259317581706noreply@blogger.com