When was the moment you felt the most alive?
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- I asked this question on the 8th day of starting this project and loved it so much that I was waiting for the right time to ask it again. So, earlier this week I decided to include it in the poll and I guess you all loved it as much as me because it got the most votes.
I'm curious to know how you all would answer the question so if you get the chance, I'd love to hear your answer in the comments. Again, thank you all for watching the episode! Feel free to suggest a future question you'd like me to ask for this series in the comments. I love you all! #BeKind
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People felt most alive when they were closest to death. It's kinda sad, but at the same time it makes you happy, and it makes you think
I don't think it's sad. I think it reinforces the appreciation for life when you get close to losing it. this is why many people feel most alive at that moment
@@keejay98195 Exactly, I totally agree. At least they're here to tell their story and to appreciate life more
Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive.
Was just about to say the same thing
My uncle just died today because liver failure
You show how complex people are and it makes you realize that a stranger walking in the street has a whole story and background and is more than just his image.
That's called sonder
It's wonderful. Makes me feel like despite everything that divides us, especially nowadays, there's even more that unites and sometimes it's only a conversation away. I also like that she shows the beauty in peeps mmhm.
So true!
@@SinisterAnimationS that's exactly it! Thoraya's videos help you realize it if you can't on your own
Agree. I check myself at 43 when I do pass judgement in my head, and 99% of the time my judgements are wrong.Im still growing.
when my daughter was born...i was singing her name to her starting at 26 weeks pregnant...i had an emergency c-section, so they whisked her away. when i was finally rolled to her, she was screaming her brains out....i starting saying her name in the sing-songy voice i always did when she was inside me, and she IMMEDIATELY stopped crying, and turned her head and locked eyes with me. I will NEVER for get that moment. I lost it. It was the most alive feeling in the world...an new life recognizing its mother's voice.
Bumble Bee aww.. your comment made tear up.. that’s really touching & very sweet!
This was so beautiful!
@@mariem3358 I still get chills when I tell that story to people. It was the most intense eye-lock...and she was JUST born!! Freaked me out in a good way. She's 28 now, just got married, and we are still forever close. Always have been.
Bumble Bee damn sounds beautiful
@@ISNIPEYOU thank you. by far, the best moment of my entire life. it was surreal.
It was when I decided to donate my one of my kidneys to my older sister.
You are really a great sister as well as great human being ❤❤❤
That's so amazing ❤️
You are one of the kindest humans alive
Kidneys? Damn u got rid of both. That’s dedication.
@@sunlooper it says '*one* of my kidneys' -_-
“i feel like i should feel alive more often” that hit
Yeah no shit, charlie
Whoever can feel alive every moment of their life is truly happy
"I feel like I should I feel alive more often"
Why did that get me😭
gave me the shivers too.
I felt every word she said. Being with my neice and nephews is when I am at my happiest.
Please give me the time stamp
@@anantsharma738 4:14
The first time i felt alive was when one of my clients told me seeing me makes her world better. (I’m a child counselor)
Then u r doin somthing very right!keep up
comfort andrews thank you 🙏🏼
Mariah Teixeira You’re doing a good job! You make the world a better place! ❤️❤️
FlashGirl thank you ❤️ it’s very rewarding to help the younger generation
Awww this so precious 😊continue doing great 💕
Do “What has been the hardest decision of your life?”
I second that
I third that
I fourth that
I fifth that
I started a chain it wasn't intentional but I love it XD
And the moment i felt most alive was... When i was fighting for my life in the sea. I screamed for help, but the life guard(?) was to busy talking to some people in the cafe. The person who saved me was my sister. We were both fighting agaisn't the waves, but i felt really weak and when the sea separated my hands from hers, i thought to myself "let her go, she lives, don't drag her down with you". For seconds, i gave up on myself. But she didn't gave up on me. ): Even tho i drank so much water and was about to get stolen by the ocean, she found my hand again and pushed me. I have the best twin sister ever. If it wasnt for her, telling me to fight with her, i wouldn't be here today. Love her damn much. ):
fleurs de jasmin oh my god u know I was just about to write the same thing i have a twin sister and believe me she helped me to get out from the water where it was super hard to get my self out
@@linach2086 Omg that's awesome! Twin sisters from different countries but with the same experience! I would love to know your story. I'm so thankfull to my twin.💕
A week ago i saved a father and his daughter who were drawning i now realize the impact that i will have on their lifes
God Bless You all 😃💗‼️
@@Alexandra-gv9bo For sure, i know that they will never forget you. I wouldn't! ☺️ I wish people would help me and my twin, but even one person was laughing at our panic, i still don't understand that lady who was just laughing instead of helping. ): Are you a life guard or just a really nice person with good swimming skills? I'm afraid of the ocean till this day, but i am getting better☺️
Honestly every time I looked at the endless stars in the sky on a mountain (2.000 meters high)
Yeaah that's so great and magic
Lara Nothdurfter Word!🙌🏽🙌🏽 Beautiful
@@solleilua The earth can be such a beautiful place.
That would be my answer too. Looking at the stars, into abyss is just so magical and also grounding. I always want to lay down on earth when I see the stars.
i want to do this
I'm guilty of being on autopilot...being present takes practice 🌊🌠
Nicolette definitely. Those cars aren’t perfect
100%. The autopilot on the plane I train in doesn't work too well either.
5:00 to 5:05 that synchronicity! 😱 WHAT?! Right as she is about to say “dog”...unbelievable.
it's the government...
that made me laugh SO HARD
dollface hahahahahahahah
I was thinking that lol
Hahaha yes, I was looking for this comment!!
The cute girl with glasses id love to give her the biggest hug as someone who's self harmed in my past she touches my heart 💓
David Parkinson Right?! When she first came on screen my initial thought was: wow, what beautiful eyes! Then I noticed how beautiful her lips were. But then she started talking about depression and self-harm and my brain began to over analyze her face to see what she may think of herself. So her words about herself began to change my view of her. But nothing can change the fact that she has a very symmetrical face and super emotive and engaging eyes and a beautiful spirit. Depression is a mean monster that lies to us about ourselves.
Same 💕😍
i have just under a week until i'm six months clean and even that little segment gave me hope
Awe that's awesome congratulations 💗
Yeah she made me feel adoration and sadness for her at the same time. I’d love to show her the bright side of life.
b i r t h - that guy in the first scene
*pun intensifies*
Yeah my life is usually a joke so I usually just make jokes
When my aunt called and said she will sponsor my tertiary education. Now, I'm Teacher 🍻
Lucky! :)
That's awesome! She must be so proud of you! 😊
I was caring for my first grandchild, a beautiful infant boy, and he was very fussy. So I bundled him up, and took him outside into a gorgeous autumn day, where I snuggled him close, stood rocking him back and forth, and listened to the wind blowing through the pine trees and the birds singing. He quieted immediately and we stayed that way for almost two hours. I've never felt so peaceful, content, and alive at the same time. It was amazing.
I am incredibly happy that you could share this moment with your grandson. Absolutely beautiful, I can only imagine. Lots of love to you and your family, my dear.
JAMS's Nana aww! ❤️
To the person who stopped self harming, you are so beautiful and wonderful and we love you!!!!! Thank you for being here and thank you for stopping 💚💚💚
“When I was dead”. That was the most profound statement ever. And the truth!! This disconnect from fact that we are one with everything is what makes people not feel alive. Living as a “separate” being makes us feel this way. We are connected to everything and it’s just an illusion that we aren’t. Once we see that we are, we start to feel alive every day.
How does one become one with everything then?
@@marcuspeck6229 Thought so.
Yokey you have to experience the nirvana, it’s a Hindu and Buddhist thing.
@@cuac5869 have you experienced Nirvana?
Acid can give you the same experience and it's awesome, the downside... most times I feel really alone, I'm not connected anymore to other people
Omg how adorable is that guy who proposed with a ring pop 😭❤️
"I was flying through the air and Thought, ' I'm probably gonna die right now.' and it felt kind of amazing for a little bit and then I hit the ground. And then I felt Awful."
I love the engagement . You could tell they both were so happy, brimming with joy. It made me so happy for them.
Just for any younger people watching this, self-help books are NOT embarrassing by any means. They can change your life, even this girl who spoke badly of them was completely inspired to chase her dreams after reading one. Never be ashamed to improve yourself, because by doing so, you improve the world.
holly rae what are some good self-help books that you recommend?? I’ve been thinking of reading a few
@@gemaguzman8291 The best ones I have read are:
A New Earth by Eckart Tolle
The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
Healthy Living from the Inside Out by Marielle Hemmingway
Braving the Wilderness and Daring Greatly by Brene Brown (these two are really wonderful)
The Lifechanging Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
These should keep you going for a while! :) x
holly rae thank you so much!! :)
Bene Brown is great.
@@dee... isn't she! So inspiring and empowering!
He feels most alive when he's performing in dragg such a lovely smile
I felt the most alive one evening during the closing show in Disneyland Paris when I was able to hug and kiss my boyfriend at the time publicly without fear of being judged, attacked or beaten. It was liberating to be in a place where nobody cared if we were gay and where mixes of all cultures/backgrounds were focused on beauty and magic around them and not on some ridiculous hate that was instilled in them for no reason.
That's so beautiful. ❤️ I love seeing queer couples comfortable enough to hug and kiss, to just *be a couple* in public. Warms my heart every time & actually gives me hope for our society.
@@treehugger444 thank you
@@cakimiric5034 I hope you will re-live this feeling many more times in your life. I'm sure you'll never stop cherishing this wonderful memory either way
@@treehugger444 thank you for the kind words! I hope so too... For it to happen I'd have to move to a more liberal place... Hope I can do it, I dont want to give up on love and happiness for myself. But yes, I'll cherish that moment forever, coz all the weight I'd been carrying on my shoulders just was gone in that moment and it was just pure joy!
@@cakimiric5034 I'm sure you'll make it happen!! :) Life acts in really magical ways sometimes and I'm convinced it will all work out for you. There are many places & people waiting for you to shine in all your glory ^-^
the time i felt most alive, i think it would've been where my ex broke up with me. it was midnight when it happened and it didnt really hit me, but the next day in the evening it finally hit me that i had lost her. there were tears all over my face and i screamed so loud. i think i really let all of my thoughts out. it was really relieving. my sister ran up to me and asked me what was wrong but i just hugged her really tight and still cried. ngl her shoulder was wet because of my tears lmfao. but looking back at that, i think it's the pain that made me really feel alive. weird to say. love is weird. anyway, hope everyone that read this has a nice day :)
Bro good for you. Idk why but for me it became the opposite, I wasn't aware of things, wasn't alive in the moment, like I was spaced out by default. And I would cry a lot over a month. Been 3 years still cry sometimes. But I know that the pain is chronic and it still haunts me. I only forget about it by doing fun activities like music, roller blading, working out etc. But really the feeling hasn't been released and Everytime I go like yep this is it, I cried it all out. But nah. Not at all
If you would share how did you release and let her go I'd be thankful! Much luv
I have been crying for a year since the moment I knew I couldn't make him stay...I'm still hurting every time thinking about it. I don't know when the pain will be gone...sometimes i just hope I'm not alive...😔
The girl at 3:44 , i hope all goes well with you in life. Never stop chasing after joy. Depression is difficult , I know it all too well.
I'm thankful for people who get me out of the house to cheer me up and go places. Even if in the moment you don't feel happiness. It will come, especially knowing someone out there cares for your well being.
When I told my crush I loved him. But then my heart kinda died when he rejected me lol
Be brave is so beautiful ❤️
Sing Talk Laugh Li I never comment but let me tell you bravery is a beautiful thing ❤️ rejection hurts but know someone will come to you, you deserve everything (:
@@DavidRodriguez-gl5pn thank you 💫😊
@@celastialskies thank you so much ❤ 🥺 you almost made me cry sis 💜
Thoraya started this 2 years ago it's amazing how many beautiful people there are in the world and we don't even know every episode brings me in to my own world and I can't wait to watch more
I find it very interesting how all these people define feeling "alive" differently. Some people define it by their happiness, others by feeling independence, and freedom, and some by near death experiences. It's also cool how feeling alive can be felt through all of these, at different moments of life. wowza
I lied about where I was goin to my strict mom, and went out with my friends. Some guy friends drove me and my girlfriends home and we were prank calling people and making jokes with the drive through people, and just having fun. My mom kept calling me and I didn’t answer. I felt alive because I realized sometimes it’s just worth the punishment, it’s not fair for me to not experience a normal teenage life because of my moms fears.
Strict parents are the worst.
2:58 I can relate to this girl so much I recently cut all my hair off too cuz I wanted to be free. I wanted to feel bold,amazing, confident, and beautiful.
Even since then I gained more confidence than I ever had 💜
That's so cool. I admire girls who chopp all their hair off
@@zexho222 She can use a picture of someone else as profile pic.
As a native I get dirty looks for bic-ing my dome. I carry my stress in my follicles. Lost a quarter to a third before I did chop and bic. Yeah there's treatments for it nowadays but I told my brother at his funeral. I will never have long hair again.
I am struggeling with depression at the moment. But sometimes I just sit somewhere and feel so connected to nature and all these people. And for a few moments I feel love, and then I feel alive. ♡
Liah Low I know how that feels. I just upended my life and am happier than ever but it’s so much to process, I have some sad days too. But I’ve had major depression when nothing would get through to me. To then experience nature or a conversation again, was amazing. Because it meant I was on my way out of the worst.
Rafting in Antalya, Turkey. The waters were so blue, and clear that I could see feet below the water. My arms were half sore from all the boating but with the sunlight hitting my shades, I looked at the rest of my family laughing and having the time of their lives, I could feel the happiness everywhere. And I knew at that moment that it was going to become a memory which I would wish I could go back to.
i relate so much with the girl who said she just felt like "me" i'm in that headspace right now and i feel stuck in my own bubble, its hard to know what the right way is to get out without feeling like you'll mess up
I told a really wise person that I often feel like I'm drifting in the ocean. He said, "try to be peaceful with yourself and others, navigate naturally in a positive direction with an open mind." You will be okay. Be peaceful with yourself.
That girl who struggled with psychosis is so beautiful. I love her glasses. I hope she is able to one day enjoy a feeling of connect and being grounded
Thank you, I hope so too.
That is the whole point of Yoga, to feel connected in body, mind & spirit. Entheogens do that too but her dissociation might be too extreme for that to be safe.
The time I felt most alive was about 2 weeks ago. In The Netherlands we have a city fair 4 days a year. They build these big machines, I believe they're called fairground attractions, and I went there with friends. One of my best friends got a girlfriend who I'm also great friends with. I went with them and so I was kinda like the 3rd wheel. But I honestly had the time of my life those days. I loved it. I was having so much fun with them and I think for the first time in years I've experienced what real friends feel like. I won't forget it, never
Enjoyed your story. Good friendships are priceless.
Carnaval? 😊
@@Rozemarijntje kermis:)
Just found this again 2 years later. We're still great friends and I'm friends with some of his friends now aswell. Still having fun!
I felt most alive when I held the girl of my dreams for the first time :)
Ahw, that's so sweet ❤️
Glad you got her
BEAUTIFUL
@Adrian Campbell yee but he shouldn't feel obligated to accept all her shit (not saying she's bad but you never know)
@@samtayla2326 you're the kind of person that sees the cup half empty instead half full, aren't you 😂
Would love to hear your answer to this question.. let me know in the comments :]
When I gave birth to my two babies, nothing can beat that
Underneath a blanket of stars deep in the Amazon rainforest. There's something incredible about feeling so insignificant and humbled realising that your problems and worries are so small compared to the infinite expanse of the universe, yet also I felt so privileged and fortunate at the same time to simply exist and observe this beauty. I've never felt so animated simply as a spectator of the universe, in the moment it truly was a perfect paradox. Whenever my problems get me down, that moment is one I return to over and over :)
When my long distance boyfriend came all that way just to see me. One day I was laying close his chest and I could feel his heart beating really fast. I felt that someone truly loved me and cared about me, I felt alive. Keep dreaming guys cause everything is possible if you really want it❤
Either when I was on stage for the first time or when I got baptized
melenia tsou yes I’ve been long distance for 3 years this Saturday and that feeling when you’re finally with them is the best!❤️
When I was with my best friend. She helped me a lot, prevented me from doing things with an bad ending. I started to love her. It didn't work out that way, cause she is in a relationship. I miss her. Every second.
Talk to her! It takes much courage... But I think I will be worth it.
i feel most alive when i'm in water " swimming, scubadiving, kayaking..)
Fatima Zahra Gouraich mee tooooo!
I feel you.
Mine sounds so stupid compared to some of these other stories im sorry 😔 but anyway i always wanted to go travel, like there was this voice kinda telling me to travel all i wanted to do was see the world to see things bigger than my hometown. I never thought id have that opportunity until i got the chance to go to Sydney with my friends. I had never felt so alive as i had done sitting on the plane 11 oclock at night listening to cringey music with one of my best friends when i was going back home. I never felt as alive as i had done standing in Sydney Harbour or wandering around trying to find a starbucks (we dont have starbucks in my city lol) i felt so alive standing on the terrace looking at the lights of one of the most iconic places in the world. These are the moments where for once, i felt i was truly alive
this is anything but stupid... it only shows how appreciative of life you are. You see beauty in things other consider mundane. Keep enjoying the world! Keep travelling!!
@@cakimiric5034 thank you so much for your words! 😊 i really hope to in the future! :)
That wasn't cringey at all. Sometimes the greatest magic is in the smallest moments, I thought this was lovely ❤
That's amazing! Thank you for sharing with us! :D
@@aniqamiazi6071 thank you so much ❤
I love this beautiful channel I love the beautiful comments and I love thoraya ❤
And I LOVE YOU
Awe I'm emotional within seconds your heart is beautiful ❤❤
I feel alive everytime I help stray dogs, they bring out an amazing energy in me that I never knew existed.
Ironic isn't it, many of the felt most alive when they were close to dying
I feel alive when i run.Im a fat person and now i am on diet lose 4kg already and gonna go until i can run without having trouble with my body i keep getting stuck and being out of breath in 1 min and everyone just looking because im very fat and my body jiggle my feet are loud and i just want to run without having a problem.So yeah i try to be healthy and you should be healthy just to be happy with yourself
I support you !! Don't care about people's gazes
Strength. Good for you. Be proud.
You're doing amazing! Keep going! I wish you the best of luck! :D
Whenever I drive by someone overweight running, I cheer them on to myself. Hope it’s going well for you.
How u doing now
The girl who stopped self-harming who but the 5 year mark is so amazing!! I'm just going to be at 8 months clean on November 25th 2019. My uncle passed away today Im being strong for him. He passed away because liver failure. R.i.p uncle Wally
When I was on trip with my brothers and some friends for the first time and I went on top of a mountain and everything around me was soooo beautiful. It was the moment I felt most alive and free.
The black chick at 3:00 is beautiful.
Yes she is
I thought so too❤
she’s a 10
True, Very beautiful.
She's gorgeous ❤❤❤
I love this question! 😍 I feel alive every day (because I fought for it) but the number one memory was when I had just moved to the states and at 4 in the morning I'm woken up by this horribly awful loud noise screaming loudly in the house and as a newbie to farmlife I shot out of bed half dead half awake to check it out and it was a newborn calf and he had been abandoned at birth, not licked off so the wetness of birth fluids had caused hypothermia because it was still winter. I get told "you'll have to dry him and get his temperature up because I can't be late for work. I'll try to get time off but his life is in your hands" so I rub towels on him on the floor for hours and hours. At the 4 hour mark his gums still felt like refrigerated raw chicken breast and his eyes rolled into his skull and the calf fainted. My arms felt like spaghetti so I wasn't ready to just lose all progress and got him back to consciousness through basically harassing him awake and kept working. He bonded with my voice as I spoke to him and sang to him, named him Popsicle and after 6 hours of rubbing, blow drying and floor spooning under blankets he finally was getting warm and reinforcements arrived to try to feed him, and he followed me like a puppy the whole time he was bottle age because of how intense those first hours were. I have saved lives from both hypothermia and heat stroke several times since then and every time truly pushes your body to every limit mentally and physically but it is the coolest thing in the world to endure for such a high reward. When your whole body and brain screams "I can't do this" you have to say "Yes I can" and just do. But nothing beat that first time when I was basically thrown into the deep end of the pool with nothing but myself and my grit from 4 am to 10 am, no time for breakfast, and it was the first time I got to save a life. I didn't know how strong my willpower and capacity was until that day. April 4th 2013. ❤
Beautiful!! Thanks for sharing
When the guy proposed to his girlfriend my heart melted🥺
I looked up Cotard's Syndrom and it's very disturbing. Can't imagine how horrifying it must be to experience these symptoms.
I'm glad someone looked it up, not many people know about it. Thanks for trying to understand more.
It takes A LOT of courage to approach strangers and ask them potentially vulnerable questions. Thank you so much for this.
I don't think it does. It might for you but not everyone.
It was when I overcome depression when I left high school. You know how much depression the school environment can put you through. It took time of course after I left, but I am better now
I felt the most alive when our head teacher handed me my graduation document.
I have always been a very shy and emotional person. When I was younger, I struggled to keep my feelings in place and would overreact pretty quickly. A lot of the other students either avoided me because of this or saw me as an easy target for mockery, sometimes they did both. I knew what was happening but I didn't know how to change myself and my situation. I couldn't trust anyone with my problems, not even my own parents, because I thought everyone was annoyed of me. I got depressed at an early age, around 10. I often pretended to be sick so that I wouldn't have to go to school and see the other students. The teachers never helped me, even when I got made fun of in class and/or I started crying. I had two, maybe three friends who where really important to me, but I always felt like I was just their second choice.
The more I felt isolated and alone, the more the other students made fun of me. Throughout the years, it got worse and worse. I already had suicidal thoughts and tried self harming. I felt hollow, I showed emotions on the outside, but not on the inside anymore. I felt like a dying plant that hasn't been watered in months.
This is why I felt the most alive when I held my official graduation document in my hands. It was the sign that all those years of isolation, helplessness and frustration where finally over. I already planned on moving to a far away city to go to university, I'll move there in a month. I won't see those students and teachers for a long time. This makes me happy. I can start from scratch and be myself again. I'm excited!
I'm excited for you, and very proud as well!! I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors and always remember that the right people will value you and appreciate you. Anyone who doesn't do those things aren't worth your time. You deserve great things and genuine love. Take care! ❤
You will find that the popular kids in HS had their Glory days.! Many get married too early with controlling husband's .Never travelling on their own and learning resilience, independence..You will blossom& thrive 🙏See the world.
Any concert, with my anxiety I never really am relaxed there’s always something going on in the background. It’s always so weird because almost everything in a concert is normally a trigger/just makes my ticks more hyped up then normal. But the one place the should freak me out the most is actually the place where I feel the most relaxed, I can actually let go and forget my past, just be me for those few hours. Those are my greatest hours, when I actually can live and enjoy what’s right in front of me.
Thank you for this video 💕
I feel most alive when I got to invite my parents to walk me to the podium to collect my degree and award of the fastest student to graduate and the student if the year.
Chairun Nisya mashaAllah! Great job sister!🎉✨✨✨
There were actually 2 moments where I really felt alive. The first one is cheesy but whenever I’m with my boyfriend and he’s hugging me or just close to me, it makes my heart feel so happy and full. I don’t know if it makes me feel alive but it makes me appreciate the fact that I am alive because I get to experience moments like that. The second one was I guess kind of weird, I was in the pool at the deep end and I decided to sink to the bottom and when I opened my eyes the sunlight was all over the pool and it was so beautiful and my body felt so cool and peaceful and yeah, if I wasn’t already holding my breath the scene in front of me would’ve taken it away haha.
Standing on the Cliffs of Moher, looking out on the sea and taking a nice deep breath. It was magnificent.
The times in my life when I really feel alive are when I help people. Volunteering, helping kids with their education and working with the elderly. Something about it gives me purpose and warmth. I am going to school to be a doctor now, and I look forward to chasing that feeling.
I felt most alive when I met the love of my life in person. We met online. We were basically just kids when we met and fell in love. It took us about 5 years to meet and it was the most amazing thing that’s ever happened to me. We spent a day together and we didn’t want that night to end. We were roaming the city and continuously walking. My life changed for the better. I thank god for bringing me to this beautiful, amazing human being. ❤️
Thank god we crossed paths.
Tell us about a passed away loved one
Would be a great one
And great relief to remember the good times
I felt most alive when I walked out of the BART station in downtown San Franciso, my first overseas trip. I'm from a small city, in the Caribbean of Colombia. I grew up overprotected, feeling everything was dangerous, all no no no, don't don't don't..and then at 25 I was working, saved, and in a work trip to Mexico, I got on a plane and flew to San Fransisco. Phones didn't have maps back then, so I had printed my maps from A to B and fell in love with the beauty of people, strangers, 2nd had shops, the sounds of the city, feeling free, I don't think I ever got to B. Everything was OK. I was OK. Maybe feeling alive is feeling aligned with who you really are, beyond all the "stories" you are told. It's like: this is true. I am here. You are fully in your body. I came back after that trip and I saw everything differently. I just knew what felt right and that was not right. It was like I was suddenly awake.
3:20 I swear, this girl has the most beautiful and pure voice I ever heard
When I was a kid and was running with my sisters around the farm that my grandfather owned. We were just playing around the field there and wading in the small river.
It was also so calming to sit there just watching the river go by. I live in Iceland so the river was coming from the glacier Langijökull. So it was very damn cold.
I loved it, I had the record for standing the longest in the small river. (family record)
I was so alive and I felt like this place was my only freedom, so when ever we visited I'd rather stay outside in the nature rather than hang around inside.
I miss that time. I did walk from the town I live in over to the farm, it was a bit of hiking and then a lot of walking. Took me 6 hours but the nature was breathtaking.
I love living in Iceland because I'm so close to the nature and it's easy to find a place to just sit and enjoy my surroundings.
I'm glad that the woman felt the peace here, the weather has been horrible here lately though, but we're hoping for a decent summer :)
3:27 you go hun! I'm so proud of you and I know many other people are too!!!!!! 😁💜😁💜💜😁❤️❤️
i’m lucky enough to have so many moments when i feel truly alive, standing in the crowd of some of my favourite artists, walking through a park in the fall with the boy, staring at the stars with my bestfriend, theres so many amazing experiences, i’m only 16 and i can’t wait to see what’s out there for me.
When I realized that when you truly love someone, the love for them can never die or diminish. So even when they don't love you as we would like them to, the gift of love in your heart is yours to keep forever. We will all meet our love again and that is something to be happy for. Love you R
its weird how half the people felt most alive right before they thought they'd die
You don't know what you have until it's gone, or in this case almost gone 😅
8:17 " Arrrrr, when i decided to become the pirate king" Just kidding, love his look 😁
I went sledding when I was about 40 years old. The sun was shining, the snow was beautiful and I saw a fox in the distance. I caught myself smiling and I felt an immense joy all over my body. Perhaps I felt alive because of the beauty and my inner child came out to play.
This video made me cry because I felt depressed for a really long time, self harmed and was thinking about killing myself... and now I’m not totally fine but I’m so much better and it’s only now that I realise how dead I have felt only a year ago and how alive I can now be. After such a long depressing time, I can finally breathe and enjoy my life instead of wishing it to end. It’s so freeing and overwhelming but beautiful. I hope everyone gets to know the feeling of feeling alive.
LikeFridaY I wish you the best! Even though life is not always easy. there are always things that are worth to see or experience 😊
Mine was the day I took home my latest dog, lame I know. The day before I had to put down a dog for the first time in my life. Excruciating. Lame, I know. So when I picked up Luda, who I had selected from the liter prior, the very next day after my lowest of lows, we stopped at at every river/lake access, hiking trail and a redwood forest on our 100 mile drive home. It was awesome and I’ll never forget it . Can’t keep her out of water still!
I like the questions in your videos. I could have hours of conversion with only a view of the questions. I just don't have the right people to have a deeper conversation with.
The one about hair was so lovely 😍
''A lot of people are very attached to their hair''
....you don't say!
I had mostly given up on finding any meaning in life. I was miserable, I’d explored so many avenues of finding answers or meaning and it all meant nothing and actually everything got more and more meaningless and ruined in the process...I was sick to my soul....and hung on only because my daughters needed a mom but inside I just wanted to give up.
One day I randomly went to a church service one day and the pastor was preparing to give out the Lord’s Supper, and I heard him quote Jesus as he held out the bread and wine saying, “This is my body, given up for you, and this is the new covenant in my blood poured out for you.”
Something clicked in that moment and I actually understood what it meant. I was overwhelmed with how much value the Son of God had assigned to me that he willingly gave himself up for me like that?
I wept and wept for sorrow but also for joy, you see it felt like where everything had been dead and dark and isolated and silent that somehow I’d gotten connected, plugged into an energy source and everything inside and around me lit up at once. There was meaning, there was sense, there was a hope. It was such a relief, and needless to say, I gave my life to Christ then and have never looked back.
Life with Him only gets better every day. 😊
I was in Switzerland and when I looked out the window to a beautiful scenery, my eyes started tearing up and the song 'perfect' started playing in my mind.
That's the most I felt alive
This channel is not something I want to watch, it's something I need to watch every now and then. Thank you.
The cute little girl talking about riding a bike was so simple but so cute, I perfectly understand her
The day my son was born, 8.5 years ago. For so many years before he came along I was suicidal. But he came along and I knew there and then I’d never feel that suicidal or alone ever again, because I had him to live for. I am his only parent so I knew without me, he’d be alone. It’s been tough, I’ve struggled with self harm and black thoughts, but I can say, for the past 2/3 years I’ve been in the best mental state that I’ve ever been in.
Great stories! I appreciate to hear such special stories from others like this. The moments we feel the present are always incredible.
*the first ones were such bros, but so sweet. His answer had me dead "When I was born..?"* I love this idea, I think for me it's when I'm helping people, taking risks', outside, anything with adrenaline, ANY of my flight training lessons, when I'm acting and the camera man shouts "ROLLING!"...there's a couple. A beautiful view after hiking, longboarding and bombing a massive hill, swimming...many are outdoors. *And lastly, shoutout to chick at **3:31**, that takes some real strength, I wish you the absolute best!!*
Hey, that's me!
Walking around the village I’m from late at night in the dark when it’s the perfect temperature and the stars are so pretty. I don’t know why but it’s just perfect and it turns my brain off and I’m just completely in the moment
Giving birth! It was the most human experience ever! At one point, I was bent over the bed, and the nurse was supporting me and letting me put my head on hers. I was crying from all the encouragement, love, pain, and knowing I was soon going to hold my baby I waited so many months for. I was amazed at the stamina and love from strangers in one of the most vulnerable moments of my life. That vulnerability as a human was so shocking and made me feel so alive. I’m so grateful.
For me is when I got out of a relationship that was so toxic ! Now I found God and every breath I take is a blessing 🙏🏻
Love how they mostly involve stepping/being into a struggling situation or joyful moment
I love your videos!! Greetings from Germany!
I’m about a month late to this video. But the time I felt the most alive was way back in highschool, I was performing one of my first shows in theatre and the show dealt with a lot of death. I played a dead character who haunted the main character alongside others. There was a very sad and dramatic scene where mine and the other supporting characters collectively speak a long list of small but great things about life that we won’t be able to experience anymore, (such as hugs, laughing, and even aimlessly finding interest in watching a blade of grass move). At that time in my life I was very suicidal and was dealing with some of the hardest things I’ve ever had to deal with. After hearing the whole scene put together live, I went home and cried for way too long and the next day slowly starting to recognize those little great things about being alive. It was the biggest turning point in my life, I wouldn’t be here today if not for that realization, the following weeks of finding the good in as many little things as possible was the time I’ve felt the most alive and a time I’ll never forget about.
im so thankful that you've got out of the suicidal period in ur life. i totally understand what you mean by the importance treasuring the little things in life. life can be heartless and tough, but if u view it through the lens of gratitude, u can get by anything. gratitude is the reason i stop questioning my existence, and its also the beginning to u living in the present moment.
I felt most alive when I would laugh with my SO and walking outside with the night sky twinkling with stars overhead 🥰💫
i felt most alive on a trip from summer 2022 to the sea, it was just me and a bunch of teenagers having fun, partying every single night, and one moment that made me feel most alive from that trip was me swimming at night in the sea with my boyfriend. the water was so cold and there were a bunch of big waves but that was the fun part. and i think about that trip a lot and i still cry when i think of it because it was just so beautiful, i felt free and young and i'd to anything to be able to live in that time of my life for the rest of my days.
When I found out my Divorce was final. 2002. I was married for 25 years. I have since remarried...happily...2018
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been stressed. I’ve never allowed myself to focus on the present because I’ve always felt like I should be preparing for the future, whether it be school, university, work, relationships... But I’d also stress about insignificant things. For example, whenever I finished work on a Friday, I’d instantly start to stress about returning to work the following Monday. The stress truly was constant and relentless.
But I remember going to Rome with my parents for the weekend of my 16th birthday, and we were standing on the roof terrace of the hotel. It was a gorgeous day, and the view was unreal - we could actually see the colosseum from our hotel.
I remember just sitting there and feeling totally at peace. I’d finished all my exams, I still had 8 weeks before I started Sixth Form (which was a completely fresh start, which meant I had no homework or stuff to stress about), and I was with the two most important people in my life. I felt alive because it was the first (and probably only) time I’ve ever felt like I’ve enjoyed living in the moment.
I feel alive when I'm dancing , that's the most moment I feel myself!
One of my great friends from college popped up in the first minute...the guy talking about drag is actually insanely amazing at it. I've seen his show and he looks damn good in heels 🔥🔥🔥
Thoraya does an amazing job!!!
Bless her heart.
She said" I don't need my hair. I am beautiful without it". SHE IS RIGHT! WOW !
I felt most alive at the one concert i was able to visit from my favourite Band, Linkin Park (but actually it was only Mike,for the Linkin Park soldiers of you ;at his POST TRAUMATIC tour) IT WAS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE❤❤❤when you feel,the whole crowd shares the same feelings as you,love,energy,excitement for the same reason. And you sing together with hundreds of people😍you are part of that incredible energy at concerts,so amazing!
I saw him on that tour. Concerts are definitely when I feel most alive!
@@sweetmowmow heyy cool!😍what was your concert? I was at the one in Munich,18.3.19😇
I was at the one in Utah last October. 😁
Same....specially when the crowd is singing along.. that's just amazing
@@sweetmowmow ok cool! Are ypu also like addicted to go to his shows? I want to be at one mooore🙏🙏 it was so great
1. in my first year of uni I was pretty lonely and didn't really have friends. I'd stay in my room and roam around at night around the uni and in the parking lot. one night I was listening to music and felt elated and free from the pressure of uni and new people, another night I ended up doing a whole karaoke session in my room, jumping and dancing and whatnot.
2. laying on the grass pretend playing piano in the air whilst listening to my favourite (piano) song
3. hiking up a hill and taking off my shirt at the top and just being quite bare in nature. watching the city and planes go by far in the distance, and ants climb up blades of grass.
4. on my backpacking travels, me and a friend I'd made over the week were celebrating his leaving. we drank beers by the beach and really talked and that night the stars seemed so bright. everything seemed heightened. this is markedly the only time I've felt completely alive with someone else
the moments you feel most alive is when you have nothing on you. that girl is right about floating. you aren't attached to anything, you don't own anything, but you love everything and can just be _you_
Please Thoraya, include more of the individuals who are developmentally delayed or less independent. I work with this population and the stories they have.. the emotion and expression.. they need to be seen and heard. It may take longer, but the results are so beautiful. I've felt most alive serving these people and seeing the growth in them. I've also felt most alive by realizing how much support I've given them- after one of them is now in a coma. The end is near- but I feel so honored and liberated to have been a part of her life. Thankyou 💕
This is my favorite channel. So uplifting! I watch old videos (if a new one is not available) while I get ready for work. Thank you for having the courage to do what you do!