Hey You! Don’t Forget to Breathe…
As a kid, my friends and I would get in the pool and time how long we could hold our breath under water. It always turned into a competition of who could hold their breath the longest. Holding our breath is the way we survive in unconventional situations whether it’s water or sometimes life…
Have you ever held your breath for so long without realizing that you were? Here’s some advice;
No matter the situation
Remember to breathe… let it out…
Because once you do…
Personally, I held my breath for a long time, stuck in a holding pattern. I was making bold choices while holding my breath, ‘living my best life’ while still holding my breath. I was healing in every sense of the word(mentally, physically and emotionally) BUT…I was still holding my breath. I had been holding my breath for so long that it became my norm, my reality.
That’s the thing with life, it’s way more multi faceted than it lets on. There is an expectation that life should be black or white, that you should either be happy or sad, that situations are either clear or unclear. Well, life isn’t that simple, it is truly possible to be happy and sad at the same time never truly reaching a perfect equilibrium. On the journey to self, it is important to accept that life can be a number of moving parts at the same time, important to understand that you can go through tough times while remaining determined to enjoy life (all at the same time). The beauty is in remembering to eventually breathe even through those moments. Remembering to take stock of what it is truly going on in your life while existing. For me, I was healing (accepting who I was), not knowing I was still holding my breath, expecting for the other shoe to drop.
My epiphany came to me on my way to a new adventure. I sat on the plane and all of a sudden felt tears welling up in my eyes. What did happen in that moment was I actually felt my self releasing that breath to the world. I breathed a deep sigh and it was the best thing I had done in my life. That breath in itself was double layered, It was a breath of gratitude and also one of letting go. I can breathe again and its the best part of the healing for me, ME breathing again…
So no matter how tough life gets, no matter what the situation looks like, remember that you will breathe again…
