What Makes You Alive

Anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you.

The word "alive" here means lit from within. Not happy, not comfortable. Lit. You know the difference already; your body knows it. When you are with someone who genuinely listens, or doing work that requires your real attention, there is a change in your breath. A quickening. The small things, the commitments made from habit or obligation, they dim that light slowly. Notice today what steadies your gaze, what pulls you forward rather than asking you to shrink.