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Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.
I love this Hemingway quote. It calls me to be present in the NOW and to give all of myself to the moment at hand. And not only that, it dares me to fully experience the moment using all of my senses – to be wholly alive.
Life is sweet. Just to be here is a wonderful thing – even in difficult times. The odds were stacked against me to even be born! Yet here I am, and how easy it is to take my life for granted, to forsake what is right in front of me for what was, or what may, or may not be.
Alive.
I can feel my blood pumping through my veins just saying it! And so I know, it’s the perfect word for me in 2017.
~ DIANA’S ENORMOUS BOOK OF QUOTES ~
LOVE your word and that passage I do believe we should appreciate every moment too. Sometimes we forget. Thanks for the reminder.
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My pleasure Kath, glad you enjoyed it! ❤
Diana xo
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A perfect word for you and a great philosophy!
(I still have trouble with really feeling anger without feeling guilty for feeling anger … one day I will learn.)
have a great 2017!
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Thanks Elizabeth, as far as anger goes; me too! ❤
Diana xo
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Wonderful.
I’m reading to have and to have not right now, Hemingway that is. Other than the nig*** and chin* stuff, it’s really good. I suppose that’s how people just talked back in his day.
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I’ll need to keep reminding myself of this!
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Me too Kerbey! 😉 ❤
Diana xo
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We need that word, that passion — and that Hemingway quote — now more than ever. Merry Christmas, Diana!
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Yes! Merry Christmas Jim and Happy New Year! ❤
Diana xo
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Fits you to a T …. embrace it all Diana 💛🎉🎈
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Thanks Val, I try! ❤
Diana xo
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It’s really the best way to live, eh, Diana? 🙂 Great post!
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Thanks Colleen! ❤
Diana xo
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Great quote, yes live and really live!
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Right Ute? Like actually tasting the food you eat… ❤
Diana xo
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What a great word for your new year, and a terrific quote by Hemingway. I don’t think I need any encouragement to get “good and angry,” however; I’ve always been able to pull that off just fine! 😀
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Haha! I think you probably are quite in control of your anger Jennifer. ❤
Diana xo
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A Perfect post as we head into the New Year Diana! Alive, present and aware. I know this is a practice but I also know this is where my freedom lives. Merry Christmas lovely girl, so lovely to connect with you. 💕🙏🏻🌿🙏🏻
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I feel the same about you Karen. Merry Christmas to you too and Happy New Year! ❤
Diana xo
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Not sure what my word or phrase will be for 2017. One of my favorite Hemingway quotes is the opening line from “A Movable Feast”: “And then there was the bad weather.”
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ha! A timely quote to share here Don, at least in my neighbourhood! ❤
Diana xo
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I like it! Great philosophy!
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I suspected you would Lisa! ♡
Diana xo
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What a great word, alive is better then dead, although death comes to us all but right now I am alive and enjoying life
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True dat. Glad you’re enjoying life Jo-Anne! ♡
Diana xo
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Excellent quote and a great philosophy going into a new year, Diana. Thanks and may you have the happiest of holidays. Staying alive. 🎄
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Thanks! To you as Well! ♡
Diana xo
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It’s the perfect word for all us! Thank you, Diana.
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I wouldn’t dare to assume Ann…but, yes I agree haha! ❤
Diana xo
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Reblogged this on Booksbyjameswnelson and commented:
Hmmm…, very good attitude.
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Thanks so much for reblogging my post! ❤
Diana xo
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i think this is a great word –
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Me too Beth – it grabs a hold of me!
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