breathe - so many times in a day i remind myself to breathe.
when i step outside - breathe deep - and feel-taste the air. lately, it has been breathes of cool, damp air.
when i have been sitting for a while - working at my computer - a deep breath - filling my lungs all the way to the bottom.
when i am standing up to stretch - breathing deep into all my muscles.
when i think about the list of work to-dos and meetings this week - a breath to remind myself that even though the calendar is full, i can take a moment to breathe, to drink coffee, to look out the window, to walk the long way, to connect with people.
when i take a moment to read some thoughts about advent, about christmas, about joy and light - a deep breath to invite the merry and bright, the good news into the core of my being.
when i count gratitudes - a deep breath - gratitude for breath and life and health.
when i wish that i could spend days during this season with some far-away family and friends - a deep breath to remind myself that i will send my love, i will make the phone calls, i will text the pictures, i will connect in the ways that i can this year.
when i am with ben and maddie and isaac - a breath to remind myself to savor the moments, to mark the goodness and make memories.
and when i lie down at night, a deep breath to settle in, to invite rest.
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here's to deep breaths and joy and merry and bright, my friends.
go gently, love fiercely, and be wonderful.
love, e