What does it mean to live lucidly, anyway?
If you’ve ever had a lucid dream, you know the moment — that surreal shift when you realize wait… I’m dreaming. Suddenly, you’re not just watching things happen — you’re in it, aware, and even able to shape what comes next. Living lucidly is kind of like that… but in real life.
Think of that old nursery rhyme:
“Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream… merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.”
There’s a quiet truth tucked in there. So many of us move through life on autopilot — following routines, meeting expectations, reacting to what’s in front of us without stopping to ask why. Why am I doing this? Who am I doing this for? What do I really want?
It’s not your fault — we’re taught to hustle, to achieve, to keep it all together. School, work, family, survival… it’s a lot. But underneath all of that, there’s something more. There’s you — not the version of you molded by your job title or your to-do list, but the real you. The you with a spark of something divine, infinite, and deeply connected.
You are not just a drop in the ocean — you are the ocean, experiencing itself through a single wave.
“You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.” — Alan Watts
Once you begin to wake up — to really see yourself and your life — there’s no un-seeing it. You start to realize you’ve been living from old stories, unhealed wounds, subconscious programming. And from that awareness? You get choice. You can heal. Rewrite. Reclaim. You get to live lucidly.
It’s not always easy. But it’s real. It’s yours. And it’s powerful.
Stay awake. Stay curious.
With love,
LC
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