Day 22: Just Breathe

FIRST THINGS FIRST.

INHALE.

EXHALE.

REPEAT.

And before you know it

you are BREATHING

 like you have never

BREATHED

before,

because you

are so

STILL

as if time has stopped.

You are

LIVING IN THE MOMENT,

because you embracing

THE MOMENT

just as it is,

no matter what THE MOMENT is.

STILLNESS CALMS THE WATERS.

You begin to SEE things around you,

which have always been there,

but it is as if

you have been blind before.

You SEE GOD in ALL THINGS.

A sunrise.

 A sunset.

 A child.

 A smile.

 A tear.

Your breath.

You are ALIVE.

INHALE.

EXHALE.

REPEAT.

GOD has you right where you are

in this time and space,

breathing with you.   

BREATHE that in.

This is your MOMENT.

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT GOD IS GOD.

INHALE.

EXHALE.

REPEAT.

And then it happens.

Either you make it happen or someone else makes it happen.

A THOUGHT you start thinking

makes your BREATH quicken.

Or a PAIN that you are feeling,

whether physically or emotionally

starts to sting,

reminding you that you are

ALIVE

and so are

THE WHATEVERS

that you are LIVING IN THE MOMENT,

that quicken your breath

because you feel the

THE REAL PAIN,

THE REAL SORROW

and

THE REAL HURT,

because

LIFE IS SO VERY REAL

and so is

PAIN

SORROW

and HURT.

But then you remember to

BREATHE.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Repeat.

And then something changes,

even though

 your circumstances

haven't changed,

because you

 KNOW

that you are not

BREATHING ALONE.

You are BREATHING with

THE ONE

 who gave you your first

BREATH.

So every

INHALE

isn't taken so quickly,

as you

BE STILL.

So every

EXHALE

isn't taken so quickly

because

you

 KNOW.

So every

REPEAT

is like you are doing it for the first time

because

 GOD IS GOD.

Therefore,

don't waste your BREATH.

Treat it as if it is you are doing it for the first time.

INHALE.

EXHALE.

REPEAT. 

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT GOD IS GOD!

JOYFUL JUNE~

"BREATHE"

(listen to the song below)