"Everyone's heard that expression, "Life is for the living." I've always assumed living in this context was a noun referencing all people currently alive. Now I'm looking at it as a verb. Think of it as a verb, as an action, as I say that life exists not for the dying of it, but for the living of it. Well, of course, right? Living occurs right now, in the present. Life is a gift."
"For me, gratitude is fundamental to happiness and is an intuitive perspective. People think they're really sharp and have everything figured out when they're being pessimistic. Negativity gives us a bloated sense of confidence, while gratitude arises naturally in the gut. The feeling we get at this time of year is a natural one that we should strive to have permeate our psyche year-round."
""Do not fear mistakes," said Miles Davis. "There are none." What the heck did that mean? Well, it's about resolution. It's not an error on that note because you can resolve it. What's important is that any played note, at any time, can be brought into the fold of the song. Just considering that, logically, errors do become impossible (and then once you start bending time within the continuum, your space-age perfection is doubly fortified)."
Life exists for active living in the present rather than passive dying. Gratitude for the immediate gift of life can arise independently of religious or spiritual frameworks and reflects a biochemical, bioenergetic feeling. Gratitude underpins happiness and comes from intuition rather than pessimistic, inflated confidence. Seasonal appreciation should be cultivated year-round. Creative practice reframes mistakes as resolvable material, allowing any action to be integrated into the whole. Trusting one's own experience enables intuitive exploration and authentic genius. Self-trust, present awareness, gratitude, and openness to imperfection foster richer living.
Read at Psychology Today
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