This past year, after years of long Covid and crazy blood pressure fluctuations,I went to bed and woke up an hour later, having a heart attack. Six months later, I was exposed to Covid, which made me have another heart attack. In between those two heart attacks, I have a TIA (mini stroke). When I was getting a cardiac catheterization for exploratory reasons,after the first heart attack, my heart went into ventricular fibrillation. Facing my own mortality changed me life as well. I already live in a small cottage on 11 acres in the mountains with my pets in a house that my husband built me (he has his own house that he built),so my living environment wasn't stressful, but I was bad about holding onto anger from my past and grief over things that I had done, which I could not change. Letting go of everything and embracing the fact that I will die someday, has allowed me to embrace the moments of everyday life. When I thought I was dying, it wasn't scary. I was just sad over the things I couldn't go back and change. If I were young today, I would live my life mindfully and aware of the consequences of all of my actions and be able to doe with no regrets. You are young, so you can do, what is too late for me. How awesome is that? To someday die with no regrets!
I loved your comment on owning a home. The social contract I was raised on has been shattered and I've been metaphorically bleeding trying to put those shards back together. The idea was drilled, go to college, get a white-color job, get a house, get married; always living for the future. Here I am after hunting that job for 26 years as my central focus, when I should finally be able to afford a modest house and the market is insane everywhere due to capitalism. My refuge has been the moment. Getting to know my oldest friend, Death. Which turns out is also Life from a different angle. I'm just trying to walk each day in peace much like you. Thanks for sharing! It's helped allow myself to let some of the emotions out of the proverbial box where I keep them in order to keep buggering on. Much love.
Thank you, I loved your morning and bedtime gratitude. I take my days for granted and would like to value each moment more. Beautiful to see how well you are spending yours ❤
Thank you so much for your video, I find it so inspiring. I found your channel few months ago and really like your content. This one in particular resonate a lot for me. I never thought about death before this year, and something happened at the beginning of the year and suddenly it shifted. It was terrifying at first, very uncomfortable, with a lot of anxiety towards the future, and so much regrets from the past. Now that the threat is gone, thinking about my own mortality is something constant, it never left me and I only, very slowly, understand how precious it is. I am scared of death, but I think I am more importantly scared of not living. So each day, I do my best and learn how to live a more fully life. I am far from it, but I am on the path and it feels good. I stopped caring about things that when you take a step back are so not important, and I started caring about the raw of life : nature, love, slowing down, making peace with myself and the world. It's a long path full of stones, but I am grateful to follow it. And I am even more grateful to be inspired by people like you that shows me the way 🌱☀ Thank you! (Sorry if my English is not perfect, I am French :)
Thank you for sharing & for your kind words. 💙 Also, I speak French so I'm always happy to read comments in French in the future :) I love how you described caring about the raw things of life. And I'm with you, I wouldn't say I'm not afraid of death, but I would say I'm more afraid of not really living while I am alive. Well said. It seems sometimes there are events in our lives that transpire that really make us aware of our mortality, and as scary as that can be, it really does make us realize how precious each day is.
Thank you 💙 I believe certain events can hasten some of these realizations and I feel very grateful I have gone through what I have to be able to learn and live better as a result.
I've been watching your videos for a few months now, and one thing your videos do very well is portray what it means to be human in a very pure way: living by the day, being a part of nature, not needing anything as long as you have food, water and shelter. It's very inspirational and I hope I get to live a life just as pure as portrayed in this video (I'm already working on it, but that doesn't keep me from dreaming about it). Just an example from my personal life. Since this year, I'm doing solo flights and it made me realise that from that moment on, I had my life in my own hands. It was a very scary feeling and I felt very out of my place at first, but since then I accepted that everytime I go flying, there's a very small chance I might not make it back home, which I use as a motivation to enjoy every moment I get in the air. Of course, you don't need to do something like flying a plane to start feeling more alive. Just appreciating the small things in life helps a tonne. Hope this is helpful. Cheers! -Lasse
Thank you so much for that beautiful compliment and sharing, Lasse. I really love your perspective. 💙 I can see how something like solo flights would be a very strong reminder of one's own mortality, and how it could heighten that sense of aliveness. It's also such an incredible way to experience the beauty of the world. I am wishing you all that you need in your own journey to live as you described. Cheers!
@AwakenOurWild along my journey, I've also learnt a lot about how the sky is just as much alive as the surface. Like, just depending on the type of clouds you see, you can actually tell what kinda weather you'll encounter. You can also feel in which direction the air is moving and it's anything but a static mass of airmolecules. One thing I've also gotten plenty of reminders of is that at no point are you above nature. Mother nature, in more than one way, is far more powerful than any other being on this planet. It has created us, but it can just as easily take us out.
Thank you again and well said. Singularity! I was writing this very thing this morning during the witching hour. Working in my tome/grimoire/shamanic guide. We All are not far apart. I personally did not ask for this day. nor want it, but since I'm here, I offer thanks at Dawn and Dusk to the Creator, try to have a positive effect and play along the way. At death I return home, divine will on earth for this moment. My only sub I get excited for. 😂 Blessings and good vibes for you two! 🙏
I totally agree with you. This realization i had a couple years ago changed my life. I used to be terrified to do anything new or get out of my comfort zone. I didn't ever want to go on adventures or anything and i preferred to always stay at home. But I started to realize that one day i'm going to be on my death bed looking back on my entire life. one day i'll realize that death is right around the corner. and that started to push me into wanting to do things with my chance on this planet. to spend my very own portion of time that i have in the infinite existence of the universe well. I've pushed myself to do incredible things since then. I've explored nature and did things that scared me but in the end made me grow so much. I've started to see life as a beautiful gift and as a journey that should be enjoyed. It's such a beautiful mindset compared to the one before I lived with for so long that kept me stuck in one spot.
Thank you for sharing, and well said. I can relate to not feeling stuck anymore. It's such a great feeling. I love hearing the realizations that others have come to about life and death and how it's made life more vibrant for them. I'm so glad we both came to the conclusions we did. Cheers to having that beautiful mindset and living life more fully!
Thank you 🙏 this is a huge compliment to me. "We have to remember to just be human and be alive" is certainly something I hope to convey in my videos so hearing this from you today is so nice.
I am personally struggling with this vs what society expects. Naturally I have this kind of soul, it’s not letting the construct of society’s expectations take it from you. We all need work, and jobs, it all takes effort to prove we are worthy to someone or the other, my heart just spins when society is structured in materialistic things, and it’s not that I need that stuff, it’s wondering how I can live life how it’s actually meant to be lived without conforming.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I really relate to this. I kind of go through ups and downs when it comes to not wishing to conform to society and wishing it was easier to live how I want to live. Sometimes I feel really frustrated by it, and other times I feel complete acceptance of how things are. The latter usually feels better, but those feelings of frustration usually creep in again from time to time. I wish I had some sound words of advice, though it may be unsolicited, but really I'm just here to say I totally hear you.
Beautiful video ! A great reminder to enjoy life and to know that it is finite. I turned 59 this year and it seems so strange how fast my life is going by. I like a quote from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, " Life Moves Pretty Fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it." Thanks for taking some of your valuable time to make this video. Take care!
Thank you so much! 💙🙏 I love that quote. I am almost 29, and I feel the same way. Each year passes more quickly than the last. You're welcome! I really enjoyed the process of making it. It was time well spent. Take care as well 😊
Well said. I recently went through healing from an injury that left me unable to do so many things I love. Although I do contemplate my mortality (I'm in my 60s) i find it more inspiring now to enjoy everything I do; knowing that one day downtrack, I won't be able to do it again. Keep up the good work. ❤
Thank you very much! And thank you for sharing your own practice of focusing on what you enjoy doing. 🙏 I think it's so easy to take our bodies for granted, and when something goes wrong we realize how much our bodies do for us. I hope you are all healed up and doing well 💙
I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. One of my favorite Thoreau quotes. I think about it often. Six months ago my mother passed away. It was a huge reminder of what they say in Buddhism. Nothing is permanent.
Thank you for sharing! I love that quote. I offer my condolences for the loss of your mother. 💙 May the impermanent nature of life continue to help all of us appreciate each moment we have with our loved ones.
This past year, after years of long Covid and crazy blood pressure fluctuations,I went to bed and woke up an hour later, having a heart attack. Six months later, I was exposed to Covid, which made me have another heart attack. In between those two heart attacks, I have a TIA (mini stroke). When I was getting a cardiac catheterization for exploratory reasons,after the first heart attack, my heart went into ventricular fibrillation. Facing my own mortality changed me life as well. I already live in a small cottage on 11 acres in the mountains with my pets in a house that my husband built me (he has his own house that he built),so my living environment wasn't stressful, but I was bad about holding onto anger from my past and grief over things that I had done, which I could not change. Letting go of everything and embracing the fact that I will die someday, has allowed me to embrace the moments of everyday life. When I thought I was dying, it wasn't scary. I was just sad over the things I couldn't go back and change. If I were young today, I would live my life mindfully and aware of the consequences of all of my actions and be able to doe with no regrets. You are young, so you can do, what is too late for me. How awesome is that? To someday die with no regrets!
What a powerful video!
Well done. 💗
I loved your comment on owning a home. The social contract I was raised on has been shattered and I've been metaphorically bleeding trying to put those shards back together. The idea was drilled, go to college, get a white-color job, get a house, get married; always living for the future. Here I am after hunting that job for 26 years as my central focus, when I should finally be able to afford a modest house and the market is insane everywhere due to capitalism. My refuge has been the moment. Getting to know my oldest friend, Death. Which turns out is also Life from a different angle. I'm just trying to walk each day in peace much like you. Thanks for sharing! It's helped allow myself to let some of the emotions out of the proverbial box where I keep them in order to keep buggering on. Much love.
Thank you, I loved your morning and bedtime gratitude. I take my days for granted and would like to value each moment more. Beautiful to see how well you are spending yours ❤
Thank you very much 💙🙏
Your video made me think of Irwin Yalom and his books on existential psychotherapy. Thanks so much for sharing and for inspiring.
You're welcome! And thank you! 🙂 I will definitely be checking out Irwin's books now.
Thank you so much for your video, I find it so inspiring. I found your channel few months ago and really like your content. This one in particular resonate a lot for me. I never thought about death before this year, and something happened at the beginning of the year and suddenly it shifted. It was terrifying at first, very uncomfortable, with a lot of anxiety towards the future, and so much regrets from the past. Now that the threat is gone, thinking about my own mortality is something constant, it never left me and I only, very slowly, understand how precious it is. I am scared of death, but I think I am more importantly scared of not living. So each day, I do my best and learn how to live a more fully life. I am far from it, but I am on the path and it feels good. I stopped caring about things that when you take a step back are so not important, and I started caring about the raw of life : nature, love, slowing down, making peace with myself and the world. It's a long path full of stones, but I am grateful to follow it. And I am even more grateful to be inspired by people like you that shows me the way 🌱☀ Thank you! (Sorry if my English is not perfect, I am French :)
Thank you for sharing & for your kind words. 💙 Also, I speak French so I'm always happy to read comments in French in the future :)
I love how you described caring about the raw things of life. And I'm with you, I wouldn't say I'm not afraid of death, but I would say I'm more afraid of not really living while I am alive. Well said.
It seems sometimes there are events in our lives that transpire that really make us aware of our mortality, and as scary as that can be, it really does make us realize how precious each day is.
such wisdom from one so young. it takes many of us the better part of our lives to realize these things.
Thank you 💙 I believe certain events can hasten some of these realizations and I feel very grateful I have gone through what I have to be able to learn and live better as a result.
I've been watching your videos for a few months now, and one thing your videos do very well is portray what it means to be human in a very pure way: living by the day, being a part of nature, not needing anything as long as you have food, water and shelter.
It's very inspirational and I hope I get to live a life just as pure as portrayed in this video (I'm already working on it, but that doesn't keep me from dreaming about it).
Just an example from my personal life. Since this year, I'm doing solo flights and it made me realise that from that moment on, I had my life in my own hands. It was a very scary feeling and I felt very out of my place at first, but since then I accepted that everytime I go flying, there's a very small chance I might not make it back home, which I use as a motivation to enjoy every moment I get in the air.
Of course, you don't need to do something like flying a plane to start feeling more alive. Just appreciating the small things in life helps a tonne.
Hope this is helpful. Cheers!
-Lasse
Thank you so much for that beautiful compliment and sharing, Lasse. I really love your perspective. 💙 I can see how something like solo flights would be a very strong reminder of one's own mortality, and how it could heighten that sense of aliveness. It's also such an incredible way to experience the beauty of the world.
I am wishing you all that you need in your own journey to live as you described. Cheers!
@AwakenOurWild along my journey, I've also learnt a lot about how the sky is just as much alive as the surface. Like, just depending on the type of clouds you see, you can actually tell what kinda weather you'll encounter. You can also feel in which direction the air is moving and it's anything but a static mass of airmolecules.
One thing I've also gotten plenty of reminders of is that at no point are you above nature. Mother nature, in more than one way, is far more powerful than any other being on this planet. It has created us, but it can just as easily take us out.
love it , thank you
Thank you 💙🙏
❤Thank you for your beautiful perspektiv ❤
You're welcome! Thank you 💙🙏
Thank you again and well said.
Singularity! I was writing this very thing this morning during the witching hour. Working in my tome/grimoire/shamanic guide. We All are not far apart.
I personally did not ask for this day. nor want it, but since I'm here, I offer thanks at Dawn and Dusk to the Creator, try to have a positive effect and play along the way.
At death I return home, divine will on earth for this moment.
My only sub I get excited for. 😂
Blessings and good vibes for you two! 🙏
Thank you for sharing your own practices, and for the huge compliment!!
Blessings and good vibes are being sent your way as well 🙏
I totally agree with you. This realization i had a couple years ago changed my life. I used to be terrified to do anything new or get out of my comfort zone. I didn't ever want to go on adventures or anything and i preferred to always stay at home. But I started to realize that one day i'm going to be on my death bed looking back on my entire life. one day i'll realize that death is right around the corner. and that started to push me into wanting to do things with my chance on this planet. to spend my very own portion of time that i have in the infinite existence of the universe well. I've pushed myself to do incredible things since then. I've explored nature and did things that scared me but in the end made me grow so much. I've started to see life as a beautiful gift and as a journey that should be enjoyed. It's such a beautiful mindset compared to the one before I lived with for so long that kept me stuck in one spot.
Thank you for sharing, and well said. I can relate to not feeling stuck anymore. It's such a great feeling. I love hearing the realizations that others have come to about life and death and how it's made life more vibrant for them. I'm so glad we both came to the conclusions we did. Cheers to having that beautiful mindset and living life more fully!
i think your content is so important in these hyperspeed, electronic, information times. we have to remember to just be human and be alive.
Thank you 🙏 this is a huge compliment to me. "We have to remember to just be human and be alive" is certainly something I hope to convey in my videos so hearing this from you today is so nice.
I am personally struggling with this vs what society expects. Naturally I have this kind of soul, it’s not letting the construct of society’s expectations take it from you. We all need work, and jobs, it all takes effort to prove we are worthy to someone or the other, my heart just spins when society is structured in materialistic things, and it’s not that I need that stuff, it’s wondering how I can live life how it’s actually meant to be lived without conforming.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I really relate to this. I kind of go through ups and downs when it comes to not wishing to conform to society and wishing it was easier to live how I want to live. Sometimes I feel really frustrated by it, and other times I feel complete acceptance of how things are. The latter usually feels better, but those feelings of frustration usually creep in again from time to time. I wish I had some sound words of advice, though it may be unsolicited, but really I'm just here to say I totally hear you.
Beautiful video ! A great reminder to enjoy life and to know that it is finite. I turned 59 this year and it seems so strange how fast my life is going by. I like a quote from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, " Life Moves Pretty Fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it." Thanks for taking some of your valuable time to make this video. Take care!
Thank you so much! 💙🙏 I love that quote. I am almost 29, and I feel the same way. Each year passes more quickly than the last.
You're welcome! I really enjoyed the process of making it. It was time well spent.
Take care as well 😊
Great video, I have been thinking about death lately. The video came at the right time.
Thank you! I'm glad to hear this.
Well said. I recently went through healing from an injury that left me unable to do so many things I love. Although I do contemplate my mortality (I'm in my 60s) i find it more inspiring now to enjoy everything I do; knowing that one day downtrack, I won't be able to do it again. Keep up the good work. ❤
Thank you very much! And thank you for sharing your own practice of focusing on what you enjoy doing. 🙏 I think it's so easy to take our bodies for granted, and when something goes wrong we realize how much our bodies do for us.
I hope you are all healed up and doing well 💙
Thank you) your video is beautiful and inspirin so much
Thank you very much 💙 I am happy to hear that!
This showed up on the right time
I'm very glad to hear this. 💙
I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. One of my favorite Thoreau quotes. I think about it often. Six months ago my mother passed away. It was a huge reminder of what they say in Buddhism. Nothing is permanent.
my mom past one year ago... i believe life and death are more than we know because there were signs
Thank you for sharing! I love that quote. I offer my condolences for the loss of your mother. 💙 May the impermanent nature of life continue to help all of us appreciate each moment we have with our loved ones.
Theirs worst things then death at the same time.
I have no clue what you are saying.
Grammar is horrible.