Breathe: Introduction

            Stop.

            Drop the knitting needles.  Put down the book.  Pause the television. 

There’s a whole world around you.  When’s the last time you tried to take it in?  When you REALLY tried to take it in?  To be filled with wonder at our Creator’s masterpiece--this thing we call life?

You’re caught up in the busy schedule.  You’re held up at work.  Maybe you’re even too busy just having a good time.  But it’s time you stopped.

STOP.  

Breath in deeply.  Notice the air that you forget so often.  The air you need to survive.

 Listen to the familiar sounds and realize just how miraculous they are. 

Look at the beauty around you.  It could be a plant, a child, a friend, a pile of dirt.  It doesn’t matter.  Being around something for a long time can prevent you from seeing the magic.  Don’t let it happen.

Touch a blanket, feel its softness.  Run your hands through a loved one’s hair (unless they hate it).

Smell a hot cup of coffee.  Sniff a flower. 

Taste the sweat pouring down your face from a hard day’s work.  Enjoy the flavor of pie in your mouth.  Savor it.

This is life, people.  And it is awesome.  Let’s start acting like it.

My goal in writing this series titled “Breathe” is to encourage both myself and you guys to take a break, even for a couple minutes in a day.  Take in your surroundings.  Take note of how amazing they are. 

I want to write in this series as often as I can.  I’ll jot down something cool that happened in my day, a memory, a verse or quote that caught my attention.  Really, it could be anything.  I just want to show, in whatever way I can, what an amazing world God has placed us in.  Hopefully you guys can get enjoyment out of this (me too).

Thanks for reading.  Keep an eye out for “Breathe”.