There is one universal thing that we all do as our first act in this world.  Breathe.  Some of us come to it naturally as if we have waited lifetimes in the womb to fill our lungs with air; embracing this change.  Others need a violent smack on the bottom to bring it about.  But, regardless of how we arrive we all start the same way.  We take a breath.

I am finding during these past many days, months and years under extreme pressure I have apparently forgotten how.  I am at an age when many of my friends are talking about biofeedback, yoga, and meditation as if to finesse the art.  I would just settle for “in” and “out”.  I’m not trying to finesse anything.  I’m simply trying to remember how to do it.

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