Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Dead or Alive: How do you know?


What does it mean to feel alive? As I spin in circles, splashing in the waves, I notice peoples
eyes watching. For them I am childish, for me I am alive. To breath is some thing we take for
granted. Without effort, we breathe and while this is a sign of life, for most it does not give the feeling of being alive. We see life arise all around us and yet for most this does not create a feeling of liveliness. We touch the earth, which has been alive for centuries and still cannot grasp this concept of life. We hear stories of birth and rebirth but hearing with out seeing only leaves thoughts in our minds of what life is. The moment I felt alive was the moment I felt him. Overwhelmed with the spirit, I felt alive for the first time. Breathe, he told me. And as I took that breath I felt alive in a way I never thought possibly. Dead to the world, I was now alive in him. Breath has a new meaning to me. So does sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smelling. As I stand in the ocean I see a beautiful master piece, I feel rejuvenated as the water hits my legs, I smell sea salt as the wind blows off the top of the water. The salty air sticks to my lip gloss and leaves a lingering taste of the sea. I hear the waves crashing on the sand and I breath because I know what it feels like to be alive. 

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