I Feel Most Alive When…
· I feel God in my life. Lately, there had been countless times when I can say that I feel more than blessed. Lately, I always catch myself saying prayers of gratitude for the graces I receive day in and day out. His Presence is so life-affirming that life just takes on a bigger and deeper meaning every time I feel His all-knowing guidance in my life.
· I hear Ej’s Voice. I work abroad. My daughter is back home. Every time I hear her voice, I feel as if I am on top of the world. There’s just NO voice that can make me feel as alive. Her voice is the one sound that wakes up every single cell of my being. Her voice is the one sound that I do not mind hearing any time of the day. Her pleasing voice is the one voice I find REAL hard to say no to. Her voice is the one voice whose power on me knows no boundaries. Her voice makes me feel so happy to my innermost core. Her voice keeps loneliness at bay. Her voice with all its wit and charm, makes me smile like a newly escaped lunatic. My life will not be as it is if I do not have access to her voice!
· Work. I love what I do. I like what I am doing. It is not everyday that we find the one thing we are good at and love it fully. I am one of the fortunate ones. I found the one JOB I love to do which I am REAL good at. Excelling at it takes no effort because how can I work too hard at something that I just cannot get enough of? I love it the most when I do not have working hours to finish all that I have to do. Going from one minute to the next doing my work feels so seamless. I just breeze through it feeling more alive as each minute goes by.
· Eating good food - especially if I prepared them myself! I realized this yesterday as I was enjoying the homemade salad I had for dinner. Hahaha! Sounds strange I know, but the sensual experiences of the great aromatic blends of the Italian vinaigrette, fresh greens, feta cheese and eggs are just too heady to be described; the luscious, crisp, crunchy and juicy tastes of the mixture of cucumbers, carrots, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, sweet corn and cheese; the delicious and colorful sights of ingredients! Wow! How can I just not feel alive right then and there?!? Worthy tip to all you salad lovers out there – Prepare them a day before, keep chilled and have it for lunch, with a slight dash of pepper and salt. If it does not do to you what it do to me, let me know, I will make you the salad myself.
· Being Asked to Write Reports. Especially when the deadlines I set for myself is way ahead of the time the reports are actually expected on. Being the OC that I am, I not only like meeting the deadlines set by my bosses, I even like setting myself deadlines much earlier than the deadlines than that they give me. I know that sounds a “trifle” obsessive but hey, as long as I only impose this on myself that should be okay. Hehe…I even go as far putting in all the answers to the questions that may arise from the report I make. Not because I am eager to impress (although, I can say a wee bit of myself is!) but I rather not spend time and time again revising reports asked of me. Why it makes me feel alive? Well, when it is my mind that is doing my work for me, when it is coming up with solutions and coming up plans to handle present situations, I just cannot get enough of the ideas that come to me and of which I always find ways to defend.
· Reading Good Books. Books are enriching. Books make you live different lives at different times. It is so engaging to immerse oneself in a good book where the story just livens up one’s imaginations endlessly.
· In the mornings. There is something about the promises that each new day brings that always excite me to the core. I cannot wait to get out of our home as soon as I am good and ready because I know I am facing the day head on. There’s just so many things that can make one see how wondrous life is in the morning – the sun shining, the people opening their shops, the birds chirping, small kids going to school and just about everything I am totally grateful for.
