The power of breathing

Take a moment, or twelve, and find yourself outside

Put your bottom on the ground

And just sit

Legs crossed

Arms back as support

Close your eyes

And just breathe

I mean, really breathe

Feel the air slide across the insides of your nostrils

(Hope that you don’t have a little dried boog. They tickle.)

Find a new rhythm to your breathing

When you inhale, what do you smell?
Rain? Cologne? Dirt? Garbage? Bread? Dogs?

Take the first smells, and then dissect them

Is the rain a cool rain? What are the different parts of the cologne? What is in the dirt?

appreciate the gross and the lovely

because it is here

and it is for you

and for others

to do exactly that