Far more than the motions of living.

I become more aware of being alive. By thinking about being alive. When thinking about other things, I’m not necessarily fully aware that I’m alive. Instead, it’s possible that I’m on automatic pilot. Cruise control. Drifting through life. One of my favorite pastimes is thinking about being alive. Being fully conscious. Fully aware. That I am living at the very moment. My mind is occupied with being alive. Thinking about the undeniable fact that I am a specific, living human being. Me. I. Allows me to feel unique. An individual. I assume that other people are capable of having a similar thought. Similar awareness. They are not me. But somewhat like me.  But at the moment they may not be fully aware of being alive. Merely more or less going through the motions. My aim is to achieve far more than the motions of living. –Jim Broede.