Daily Question, October 19 What is life? 26 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. Malag7 months agoMalagThe aliveness within even the smallest thing. We are made up mostly of bacteria, these tiny things in one sense independent organisms but connecting together to make us what we are. It’s both humbling and awesome when you look behind the illusion that we are one being. 3 Reply pprabn7 months agopprabnLife is breath, life is DNA, life is waking up to each day with a beginners mind , life is full of possibilities- of love , giving, purpose, meaning , and joy. 5 Reply Journey7 months agoJourneyLife is a gift, an opportunity, a journey. Life is a blank canvas that we can paint on and if we don’t like what we painted, we can paint over it and create a new picture. It’s like God created us by giving us life and gave us the power to be artists and create how we live that life. We came from the Creator to become Creators and will ultimately return to the Original Creator. 8 Reply Ose7 months agoOseThank you, Journey, your reply brings back a sparkle of hope to me right now. May you be blessed, dear friend. 3 Reply GCharlotte7 months agoGCharlotteLife is of beautiful creation from God. Life does not spoil but instead blossoms and nurtures. Life goes past the end of time in respect to the Kingdom. Life is goodness with intention or simple gratefulness. Life sometimes exists without trying but through gentle love. 2 Reply Alicia Mary Ann Parr7 months agoAlicia Mary Ann ParrLife was chosen for me. It's not some random thing that happened. As humans, we are given the choice to love, follow paths that are of goodness or ill, to be encouraging to one another or not. Life is how we respond to a given situation. Will the choices be life giving to oneself and others? Life is what we make it . Unfortunately, sometimes we don't make the decisions for how it is or will be. Life is beyond understanding. I thought I had some answer, but I do not. If I look at it from m...Life was chosen for me. It’s not some random thing that happened. As humans, we are given the choice to love, follow paths that are of goodness or ill, to be encouraging to one another or not. Life is how we respond to a given situation. Will the choices be life giving to oneself and others? Life is what we make it . Unfortunately, sometimes we don’t make the decisions for how it is or will be. Life is beyond understanding. I thought I had some answer, but I do not. If I look at it from my culture, where I live, it is going to be a myopic point of view. I started thinking of world-wide events and felt very small. It is a mystery that cannot be answered. Read More9 Reply Amor fati7 months agoAmor fatiLife is a spontaneous manifestation of the creative urge of love, ever changing and edpanding, without beginning or end 2 Reply Cheryl Read7 months agoCheryl ReadA Gift. 4 Reply Mica7 months agoMicaLife is what emerged billions of years ago on earth, from non-life, in a gradual process of becoming more ordered and more complex. It’s still not an all-or-none condition, because viruses are somewhere between life and non-life. I am grateful that mine is so wonderful, most of the time. 2 Reply Ose7 months agoOseIf you allow me to say so, if any: a mysterion, led by the heart. 3 Reply Mica7 months agoMicaThank you, Ose! for this wonderful new word. Hugs to you 2 Reply Ose7 months agoOseYes, it is a beautiful word for mystery, which did not come to my mind first. A warm embrace to you, too, dear Mica. 1 Reply Tom7 months agoTomLife is everything. From our first breath to our last it contains everything that the human condition will offer. It is our sufferings and celebrations. But, even though life is all of these things…our experiences, thoughts and moods, it must be even more. Life itself demands and requires that it be connected to the Devine creation. Life is what must be lived. Lived thoughts, lived emotions, lived embodiement. Life is what makes us whole and connected to creation and the Creator. 6 Reply Michele7 months agoMicheleCreation, living, some magick, beautiful, amazing …. at times, sorrow, questioning it, unbearable. Life has both ups and downs. One known fact is that we as humans, life will end at some point. Make the most of each day. 3 Reply Samuel7 months agoSamuelWhat is life? At this point of mine, I don’t know… The first 22+ years of my life involved preparing for the rest of my life. The next 53 years of my life centered around my marriage to my late wife, my children, and my career. In that order. Now, my wife has gone home to be with our Lord, my children are grown and gone off with their own families, and my career is long since in retirement. All of my priorities have fled. What is life? At this point of mine, I don’t know… sb 8 Reply sparrow7 months agosparrowThe answer will come, dear Samuel . . . reach out and look around. You have lead a brave and fulfilled life… don’t give up, it will be filled with something different, something you might not have expected with love… sparrow 2 Reply Samuel7 months agoSamuelThank you, sparrow, indeed this whole community of grateful people. I am so grateful that a friend recommended y’all to me some time back during an especially low period of my life. I have received love, inspiration, and comfort here time and again. Thank Y’all!! sb 0 Reply Alicia Mary Ann Parr7 months agoAlicia Mary Ann ParrSamuel, you have touched thousands by your life-your wife and you raised a family who have in turn are raising families. There are many aspects of your life that have impacted so many, and you will not see all of what you have accomplished. May I express condolences on the loss of your wife. It matters not how long it has been since she went home to be with our Lord. You are not alone. Your life continues to matter very much. 2 Reply Samuel7 months agoSamuelDear Alicia and Cheryl, Thank you so very much for your kind, thoughtful words. They have brightened my rather maudlin mood from this morning when I "penned" my original submission. I have sought to teach (perhaps "lead" or "engage" are better words) by being active and volunteering within my church and small community. I simply have yet to settle on a new life commitment subsequent to the marriage, family, and career committments that have all passed on. But I know that our Lord is not done wi...Dear Alicia and Cheryl, Thank you so very much for your kind, thoughtful words. They have brightened my rather maudlin mood from this morning when I “penned” my original submission. I have sought to teach (perhaps “lead” or “engage” are better words) by being active and volunteering within my church and small community. I simply have yet to settle on a new life commitment subsequent to the marriage, family, and career committments that have all passed on. But I know that our Lord is not done with me and I must trust that I will be shown my new way in the Lord’s time, not mine. Patience was never my strong suite… sb Read More1 Reply Cheryl Read7 months agoCheryl ReadTake all those lessons of a life lived well and become a teacher, 3 Reply pkr7 months agopkrSamuel, sending you hugs and love. ❤️ 3 Reply Samuel7 months agoSamuelpkr, thank you so much. Love is perhaps life’s most vital force, and hugs are the perfect physical personification of that love. I am blessed to live amongst a community that highly values both… sb 1 Reply Ed Schulte7 months agoEd Schulte“LIFE is incomprehensible Beingness. It is and exists. Being and existing are two different states. “Being” is eternal, without a beginning and without an end, in the Eternal Now. In eternity it is always “now.” We must come to an understanding of the Eternal Now.” DASKALOS 5 Reply Anneclaire7 months agoAnneclaireDaily Question, October 19 What is life? A miracle! Pure gift! Energy in a myriad forms. Breathtakingly beauty. Power. Vulnerability. Dynamic movement. Stillness. Interconnected. Relationship. Yet unique Individuality. Interdependence. Autonomy. Finite in form, and infinite in essence. 5 Reply Butterfly7 months agoButterflyLife, in all it’s forms, is awe-inspiring. The more I get to see, mostly through TV, the more amazed I am. And for us, as humans, to have the awareness and intelligence to be able to appreciate, experience and, somewhat understand some of it, is such an exciting privilege. 3 Reply Kevin7 months agoKevinThis man has said it better than I ever could: “It is a strange and wonderful fact to be here, walking around in a body, to have a whole world within you and a world at your fingertips outside you.” – John O’Donohue 14 Reply My Private Gratitude Journal Write an entry in your private gratefulness journal Get Started This site is brought to you by A Network for Grateful Living, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are fully tax deductible in the U.S.A. DONATE https://i1.wp.com/gratefulness.org/content/uploads/2015/03/GX-Gold-Participant-L.png?fit=1600%2C1172&ssl=1 Community Engagement Guidelines Privacy Policy [email protected] Connect with us on Social Media: © 2000 - 2020, A Network for Grateful Living Website by Briteweb
