We breathe… every day without thinking. In and out and in again. It is natural and necessary. Whether the air sweet or if it reeks, we continue to breathe. We continue to open our lungs to the unknown around us. There is no other option.
The future is just as unknown. We don’t know if the next season will be sweet and full of things that give life or if it will reek with hardship and pain. But we can’t stop it. We can’t avoid it. It is coming. All we can do is close our eyes and drink it in. We must accept it with all of its joy, its pain, its silliness, its monotony and its business mingled together into the fragrance that we call life.
As the wind blows over me and life rushes toward me I will empty my lungs and inhale deeply. I refuse to wearing a gas mask. I refuse to filter the air. When I breathe in, I want to breathe it ALL in. I will not shy away and I will not avoid what is coming.
beathe life in… exhale love...
~ written 4/19/16 ~
