It’s one of my two favourite words.  The other is “love”.

But I’m not talking about cartoons.  Here are some words that my phone points to:

Enthusiasm, energy, oomph, warmth, vigour, life, spirit

“Animal and animate … Those latter terms derive from the Latin anima, a distinct term that means “soul” or “breath” and that suggests someone’s physical vitality or life force – the breath of life.”

And so … may we breathe life into our moments.  May our experiences and the people in them glow.  Shining within, shining without.

Speaking of which, there is my home city of Gent, Belgium.  Every night in the centrum, lights attached to the buildings come on at sunset and disappear at midnight.  Voilà:

And voilà again:

These scenes are a fifteen-minute walk from my apartment

I am blessed

The world is alive