Chronically Alive means fully accepting your illness and using mindfulness to live the rest of your life to its fullest despite being sick. Whether you are physically ill or mentally ill, you can still have a full, rich meaningful life however long or short it may be. Even people like me, who suffer from chronic pain and terminal illness can find a way to add quality to their life in small microdoses. Chronically ill doesn't have to mean chronically miserable.