Rambling Man

The need to breathe is essential. It's the natural habit that our bodies go through in order to help us survive. Without it, obviously, we would die. Many go through life without taking notice of their breath. I say this and I don't mean just the 'in' and 'out' motion that our bodies go through when breathing. Rather, I mean the placement of the breath, the various muscles it truly can come into contact with and the ways in which the simple task of taking and releasing breath can cause release in certain areas as well as how the breath can change the body emotionally. Taking the time to inventory the body and the many ways in which this can happen, however, does not often occur in our daily lives. As humans (I say this including myself) we rely on it to just happen...as it always has. We trust it to be there, to continue on as it always has without any thought to it. Rarely do we realize just how important the breath is..one of the many reasons that helps to sustain life.

If we often rely on this without notice or gratitude of it...what other things in life are forgotten?




For me...hundreds of things...thousands or even possibly millions. Currently I'm so focused on either the past or the future that I have not stopped to enjoy the present of where I am...where I have been led to live my life at the moment...where I worked so hard to get. Now that I'm physically and emotionally in this place in my life, I'm not entirely sure this is where I am to be or where I want to be. I have now taken so much time trying to evaluate and take inventory of how I 'feel' and what I 'want' that the need to stop and focus my intentions of where I am in the present has yet to happen. Or it happens too quickly that I am not giving enough time for things to take the course for what they are. What good is the time spent in one place if not given the chance or gratitude for what it is? There is something to be said for being intentional. There is also something to be said for trying too hard. This is not the life I dreamt of or what I thought I wanted, but it's still happening, whether I want it to or not. Just as breathing still happens within our bodies, life still happens around us. Sometimes you have to take it for what it is. Other times, you have to let your mind ramble, as it were. The essential and simplistic parts all included. All of the rambling that does happen within our thoughts is a natural thing...and it's ok. That's life. It's a process. It doesn't always make sense, it all plays out the way it should...so what's there to worry about? The need and want to dwell as well as to dream are a part of life, it's sometimes essential for this to happen.

However...

...the placement of what to dwell on and to dream of often need time and patience as the process of what is really important slowly unfolds.



In short, chill out. Life isn's as crazy as we often think it is. Take a minute to breathe.


*desperately trying this myself