April 12, 2017, TGIW: Breathing Disorder

“In all chaos, there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.” –Carl Jung

“Waiting to exhale” is a phrase many are familiar with, if not from the movie of the same name, just the experience of life as lived.

Stressful events in our lives and the world can cause a virtual breathing disorder.

Personal or planetary chaos may attempt to deflect our attention and hope from what Thoreau calls our individual versions of “the direction of your dreams…the life you’ve imagined.”

Perhaps in getting back to basics, the most basic of basics is to remember to breathe… into the disorder.

Here’s some thoughts to help you take a breather from world or personal events, and be inspired (latin inspīrāre, to breathe upon or into ):

“True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed.” –Tom Robbins

“One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing.” –Byron Nelson

“Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.” –Thich Nhat Hanh

“Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.” –L. Frank Baum

“I wake up every day and I think, ‘I’m breathing! It’s a good day.'” –Eve Ensler

“I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.” –Maya Angelou

“The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.” –Erma Bombeck

Got breathing disorder?

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” –Albert Einstein