Breathe with the Wind

The wind is practical, saying:

"Just breathe."

Not "if you breathe you will be healed,

or wise,

or even calm."

Not "breathe to find the pot of gold at rainbow's end."

Just breathe.

 

Like virtue, breathing is its own reward.

It fills the belly

and then the lungs

with air.

That's what breathing promises:

breathe and you will find air.

Pretty basic. Straightforward.

Breathe and you will find the elixir of life.

 

All those other benefits are add-ons,

bonuses designed to overcome your reluctance

to breathe in the beauty of this moment.

Bonuses are good

but not essential.

All we need to do is breathe.

And maybe, as the song says,

also smile.

 

 

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