Just Breathe!

December 20, 2007 |

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Good morning everyone! We are now just five days away from Christmas Day. Did that bring a feeling of panic to you? It sure seems like that to most of the people I know. Too much to do, and too little time.

Everyone, all together: Take a deep breath, hold it a moment and then release it. Good. I am not immune either, this year has been one of the craziest ones in my lifetime. Every thing seems to be happening at warp speed. As soon as one thing gets clear and settled the next one swoops in. So, I do feel your pain.

Now, more than ever is the time to take time out to “just breathe”. The more stressed we get, the more stressed we get. It can be a vicious cycle.

I have done several posts on here with the theme of “take time out for yourself”, but it bears repeating. In as many different ways as I can put it out there. It’s not being selfish, it’s not wasteful and it certainly isn’t wrong. It’s necessary and usually will help you GET it all done.

Todays experiment is that whenever you feel yourself all stressed up - just take a deep breath, hold it for a moment and then release it. It will take only like five or ten seconds but it will do far more for you than “steal” those few seconds. It’ll GIVE you “a breather”.

And for a little special breather - here is Anna Nalick doing “Breathe - 2 AM