Existential Alive Living

Table of Contents

• Gratitude for Life
• Distinction Between Living and Being Alive
• Life's Challenges and Risks
• Existential Reflection
• The Preciousness of Life
• Celebration of Being Alive

Gratitude for Life

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.

Death might be blissful but I am just happy to be alive" from the book "For an Ever After".

But you will admit that it is a very good thing to be alive.

It’s good to be alive, right?” the professor often told her students . . . “Did you notice how fragile we are? We have no business taking our lives for granted.

You're still alive because God has plans for you, even if we don't understand what they are yet.

I'm alive. I'm safe. And life's a gift. Okay the gift sucks a bit at the moment, sort of like getting a pair of oversized pyjamas for Christmas when what you really wanted was an iPod, but I need to make every moment count.

Living, we fret. Dying, we live. I’ll keep that in mind. I’ll be of good cheer.

I am so grateful to be alive. It's ridiculous to be alive.

Life is beautiful, what do you think? In the morning I say, 'Ah, I am alive still!' All my friends die already. I am alive. It is fantastic.

We are very happy to still be alive, which we don't take for granted.

It is fun to be alive. It's a hell of a lot better than being dead.

I am so grateful to be alive. It’s ridiculous to be alive.

You’re alive, you might as well be glad.

I'm alive. That's a good thing.

Distinction Between Living and Being Alive

Being alive does not necessarily lead to feeling alive.

Just because you're alive doesn't mean you're living.

Life is not fully lived, until you are willing to die for your dream.

There is no point to be alive if you live like a dead man

Being alive is my destiny. Dying just a destination.

Whipped cream can remind you why it's good to be alive.

You've been put on the world to love the act of being alive.

There's no point living, if you can't feel alive.

If you're not living I mean really living, you're dead already.

As for you, you are alive. But it's not the same as living.

I’m alive but I have no life. I’m alive but also dead. I’m dead and alive.

As for you, you are alive. But it’s not the same as living.

If you’re not living I mean really living, you’re dead already.

There’s no point living, if you can’t feel alive.

Life's Challenges and Risks

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man's-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again. From the awakened point of view, that's life. Death is wanting to hold on to what you have and to have every experience confirm you and congratulate you and make you feel completely together.

I am only alive because I have not yet died.

To be alive is to be dizzy and not to know exactly where to go.

To be alive was to be disappointed. You tried and failed and kept on trying, never knowing whether you'd ever get what you wanted. But sometimes we get what we need.

To be alive is to take risks; to be always safe and secure is death.

You are alive only when you live by the skin of your teeth.

Boss, life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and look for trouble.

Nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else.

To be alive is to be vulnerable.

To be alive at all is to have scars.

Being alive is the best thing that can happen, because all there is to happen, is happening in life!

To be alive is to be addicted, and to be alive and addicted is to stand in need of grace.

To be alive is to be burning.

I been through living for years. I just ain’t dead yet.

Existential Reflection

You are as alive as you can give and receive…

You aren't alive if you aren't in need.

To be alive is not an entitlement. You are alive because of grace. If you doubt it, check the cemetery.

To be alive, to be man alive, to be whole man alive: that is the point. And at its best, the novel, and the novel supremely, can help you. It can help you not to be dead man in life.

Life is great, and without it, you'd be dead.

To Be Alive is to Feel Alive.

It is good to be you breathing into your body in this precious lifetime.

Suddenly you’re ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god you’re alive and its spectacular.

I don't know why I'm alive but I know there's a reason for it.

I don’t know why I’m alive but I know there’s a reason for it.

I take it as a sign that it is all right to be alive as I am, just as I am, and to keep trying.

It’s great to be alive, isn’t it? Especially when you consider the alternative.

I wanted to be dead. No. That’s not quite right. I didn’t want to be dead, I just didn’t want to be alive.

Being dead is one of those things that really teaches you how to be glad to be alive.

The Preciousness of Life

You cannot be alive, for you are life itself.

To be alive is to love and to love is to feel it all.

Death might be blissful but I'm just happy to be alive" from my book "For an Ever After".

To be alive is a fine thing. It is the finest thing in the world, though hazardous. It is a unique thing. It happens only once in a lifetime. To be alive, to know consciously that you are alive, and to relish that knowledge -- this is a kind of magic. Or it may be a kind of madness, exhilarating but harmless.

The pleasure of being alive is brought into sharper focus when you need to pay attention to staying alive.

Feeling a little bit alive is a lot better than just waiting to die.

I'm glad I'm alive. I'm glad I was saved. But I don't why I had to be hit going 60.

It is time for me to be dead for a little while - and then live again.

Part of the pleasure of being alive is the knowledge that you’re not dead yet.

You aren’t alive if you aren’t in need.

To be alive was to be disappointed. You tried and failed and kept on trying, never knowing whether you’d ever get what you wanted. But sometimes we get what we need.

Life is great, and without it, you’d be dead.

Just to be alive is enough.

To be alive is the greatest of all miracles, and you can rejoice in being alive. When you breathe in this way, your breath is a celebration of life.

Celebration of Being Alive

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.

I can pretend it’s all pretend! I can be the life of your death and you can be the death of my life… what a trade-off!

The feeling that something good will happen must always be kept alive!

Part of the pleasure of being alive is the knowledge that you're not dead yet.

You're alive, you might as well be glad.

You should be as alive as you can, until you're totally dead!

You should be as alive as you can, until you’re totally dead!

Enjoy life. There’s plenty of time to be dead.

It is fun to be alive. It’s a hell of a lot better than being dead.

It is time for me to be dead for a little while – and then live again.

You’ve been put on the world to love the act of being alive.

To be alive is to be breathing.

It is so easy to forget that this is good that we’re alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive.

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