One of the simplest things in life is one of the most fundamental.
Inhale – exhale. Intake – let out. Each living human being does that. Failure to do so over a particular length of time leads to the end of the term as a ‘living’ human being. Humans thus know that the best way of ending someone’s physical existence is to stop that process.
It’s something we can take for granted, though. That capacity to breathe. As someone who has suffered with asthma, I know only too well what it’s like to struggle to do that most basic of actions. The helpless and anxious state that it leaves me in. Sometimes the panic that sets in when breathing is particularly laboured and strenuous and getting anything becomes a battle.
Appreciating breathing is something I am reminded of often. Taking the time to do so and meditate on it has also proved enormously helpful. Reflecting on its function and how I benefit tremendously from taking it in and letting it out.
This simple act has profound implications for what it is to live far beyond the apparatus to stay alive physically.
For His Name’s Sake
Shalom
C. L. J. Dryden
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