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Just Breathe
Contributed by
allidoiswrite82
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Tuesday, 23rd October 2007 @ 10:13:11 AM in AEST
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breathe like you just got an A in class
and you have not studied all year, so you don't know how you passed
inhale, exhale, gasp
breathe like its 5pm Friday afternoon
like your 7 yrs old sitting in front of your television watching Saturday cartoons
breathe like a newborn fresh from his mothers womb
breathe, breathe, breathe,
breathe like your favorite team just won the big game
like the girl you've had a crush on actually knows your name
breathe like the guy you've been eying feels the same
like you'll never again feel pain
breathe like the sun just parted the rain
breathe like the whole world has gone crazy
and your the only one left sane
breathe like every other day is a holiday
and the day before that day is pay day
breathe like your son just came home from war
breathe like your kidnapped 12 yr old daughter just came walking through the front door
breathe like you don't know what stress is
breathe like you did when all you wanted was to do what the big kids did
breathe like its the last day of school
like you've worked for 65 yrs and your retiring to your pool
breathe like your family and your word is all you got
like you must hit the bullseye and only have one shot
breathe like you just survived the Holocaust
breathe like the only religion that matters is being a human being
breathe like you would if society followed Dr. King's dream
breathe like its your first time or even your last
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Re: Just Breathe
(User Rating: 1 ) by Silent-No-More on
Tuesday, 23rd October 2007 @ 03:37:21 PM AEST (User
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I'd love to hear this. It reminds me of that "Wear Sunscreen" recording from the late 90's (don't know if you'd remember that so that the reference makes any sort of sense, but yeh.. ).
I love the "breath like you did when all you wanted was to do what the big kids did" line. I don't know what it is that makes us start to hesitate, what makes us begin to hold back, to think that half-breathing, half-living is appropriate......... it's madness, really. We ought to celebrate more than we do, appreciate more than we do - live (not merely exist) more than we do.... and yeh --- breathe life in like every breath was our last.
Great message here. I'm glad I stopped by for a read. : )
~Snemmy
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