Glad to Be Alive...

After reading a member's journal entry, I am prompted to request this from all who is willing to express themselves; explain a situation you encountered (aside from the obvious falling/being in love ) that made you truly glad to be alive.
Of course I'll offer mine first...
I was walking to my uncle's house one day. It was pretty sunny, but not too hot. (I'd say about 65 or 70). I always liked walking to his place because of the nice neighborhoods I walk through to get there. on this particular day though, I walked though a different neighborhood. This neighborhood wasn't really rich, but it was VERY well kept. People had their yards cleaned, trimmed and I saw flowers EVERYWHERE. It was something so simple, but for a fleeting moment, being amongst all of the earth's natural beauty, that really made me glad to be alive...
Further to that, once I arrived at my uncle's house, I mentioned this to him. Now my uncle, being a man who doesn't show these type of sensitivities at all, just looked at me and said in a most sincere voice, "you know what, I've had that feeling at times too, but I've never had anyone I could share it with..." That made me REALLY glad to be alive...



[Edited on Feb 04, 2004 by Arioch]

This is a pretty life-affirming journal entry

http://suicidegirls.com/girls/Katie/243054/

Walking out the door this morning to see the snow falling about. Driving off to see the elk in the nearby meadow and knowing I have a family who cares for me.

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These are not the post you're looking for. Move along!

[Edited on Feb 04, 2004 by TANK_Ex_Mortis]

This is pretty cool...

I'm glad every day that Im alive, i think there is beauty in everything,
and Im glad of all the things i experience...
i know how hippy-ish
but i really am glad that i breathe, and havent
shuffled off this mortal coil.

I am glad to be alive just to be able to read this thread now I can die happy

I work in a hospital, 'nuff said.

i'm just glad not to be dead.

Looking at my little ones makes me glad to be alive, my youngest was born 2 months early and weighed 3lbs, seeing her now okay and getting bigger makes me happy.

The last time i got that feeling was the other night. My little sister is having major issues with her man. So she is staying with me for a bit. We were talking with a few friends and she tells them " i have the coolest big brother is the world" and then later says i'm the only one she can ever really turn to in times of need. that made me glad to be alive.

There are so many things. Most recently was my breakfast. Hot 10 grain cereal with blackberries and a pot of coconut pouchong tea watching the waves break from my kitchen table.

There is so much beauty in even the simplest things in life. It's overwhelming. I love it.

Personally, I can't wait to see what's next.

werd! i've had some serious curves thrown at me the last year or so. it keeps me on my toes, wondering what's gonna happen next.

I don't agree with the near death experience changes my life shit...so far in my life I had a life threatening disease (sort like Lou Gerhigs) and not only did I survive I recovered to 100%...and this may I rolled a convertible mustang on a country road at a high rate of speed into the woods my passanger and I walked away without needing so much as a stitch...granted I was stupid but I survived and my life hasn't changed at all...cept maybe I don't drive so fast

I'm just glad I'm alive so I can learn as much as I can before I die. I'm a dork, I know, but I love reading and experiencing new things, be it through action or between the pages in a book. It's when you keep pushing the boundries of your mind, you keep testing that "I am" portion of yourself that you're not aware of till you think about it...thats when I start to feel alive.

Edited to say: By the way, DAMN good idea for a thread. I liked reading everyone else's posts before mine.

[Edited on Feb 05, 2004 by criticaloversite]

I would say the most intense feeling of gratitude I ever had came on in Spring of 1991 at the Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia. I went out in a cold rain and played golf. Fifth hole is a raised tee that drops down to a fairway in a vallley. The fog was rolling down the sides of both hills and was pooled in the fairway like dried ice. I've seen lots of beautiful things through my summers in the Smokey Mountains, but for some reason this staggered me and made me thankful. I then shanked the tee shot and lost the ball. I am Charlie Brown.

The day I held my newborn neice (Olympia October Martin) in my arms. I was the first one to hold her, and the second to hold my nephew (Wiley Eon Magee). Of course I cryed like a little bitch with a skinned knee, I know what the "crying when your really happy" is like now.

Kind of like when women sleep with me, (god I'm vain).

i had a motorbike accident october 15th 2002 which was a sure death.
A truck decided that it wanted to overtake a car in a blind corner. The truck found itself on my side of the road.

all i remember is that I skid and it felt like I was flying. then i can see myself sitting in a car and the lady saying: " i think i should take you to the hospital; it's the fifth time you're asking me where your helmet is"

i stayed in the hospital for the night: concussions.
I still don't know what happened as I recall the fender of this white truck coming really fast, straight at me, and there was no escape as there was a car in the other lane.

that crash changed my life, i quit the job i had and which i hated, somehow the chain of events that followed from that day made me go back to do recordings again and enjoy life and people and so many little things I had forgotten along the way...

i'm glad i'm alive, i see things differently now : sometimes you're just numbed and falling asleep and you don't see clearly anymore.

well, i'm still not a morning person tho

I agree for sure...I don't know I guess I just lived life the way I wanted before so nothing really had to change

I think everytime i over come a challenge or obstacle in my path I'm glad to be alive. Challenges and self improvement make me glad to be living.

and orgasms.