dailydatewithgod

There is a magical quality to beauty and vulnerability of how our breath works.  In order to keep our life going forward we must take in the present.  Literally, the breath in is about taking in and then letting go. It is an act of surrender, of openness, and of trusting that when we breathe in we will get exactly what we need.  When I was kid, we were out back swimming with our cousins and I decided I was going to help my younger cousin who was scared of going down the slide.  So I was at the end of the slide to “catch” her when she came down.  Having little knowledge of physics, I did not understand the speed or force with which she would be coming down.  Upon catching her I went under water when I caught her and in her panic she kept pushing down because she didn’t want to go under.  I started to run out of oxygen and took a breath under water.  Logically somewhere in my mind I knew that would not give me what I would need but I was 11 years old and my body just did what it does when it needs more oxygen.  I promptly swallowed a bunch of water and was now worse off then I was holding my breath. Thankfully my uncle and my dad saw what was happening and helped the both of us get to the edge and out of the water.  I still remember the sting of the chlorine in my lungs and the gasp of air that I made when my head finally made it above water to take a breath of oxygen–what a relief!  Some would argue that I am lucky I didn’t die, which makes me think that we each take our lives into our own hands each time we take a breath.  It is an act of faith to take that breath and we do so most of the time without thinking about it because it is how we are designed.  There is a trust mechanism built within us that allows us to be vulnerablemany many times throughout the day.  God trusts in us to do the most with the breath that we let in and out and we trust in God that what we need will come when we take in that breath. It becomes a dance.  My prayer for us today is that we be open to seeing the gift of the dance in our lives, starting with the next breath we take.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen