Unwrapping the Gift of You: One Breath at a Time

The breath is your life-activator.

Not only in the sense of giving you the first cry of life, but quietly threading through every moment in the background.

It is your motivator when you need a boost,

the calming hand when you need solace,

the warmth of a hug in times of grief and despair,

and the forager of new paths and adventures when you step into a new stage or journey.

Thanking it or being aware of its unique gift and consistency is not necessary for it to function —

but it is needed for you to tap into even the smallest measure of its true power.

The ability to open you to the connection to all things…

the awareness of the vastness of the cosmos of which you are an integral part…

is held in every breath.

The creation of this world, and of your own lived experience, happens through each exhale you offer into the universe.

Your participation in this production is revealed to you one breath at a time.

You are a gift, and the breath is the unwrapping — layer by layer.

Not the impatient tearing-open of a child with a birthday present,

but the thoughtful and purposeful unwrapping with care.

The joy is in the unwrapping, not in the prize inside.

Savor the unfolding.

Savor the remembering of who you are

and the significant role you play.It will bring joy and meaning into what used to feel mundane.

It is the hands in the clay.

The brush in the hand.

The becoming of all creation.

Enjoy every stroke of the brush.

There is always a fresh canvas.

It is never too late.

And you cannot mess this up.

Just enjoy the being and the doing —

the very creating that each lived moment is.