<\/a>Beauty<\/p><\/div>\n
Do we live by the simple act of breathing in and out alone?<\/p>\n
One breath in\u2026one breath out\u2026and there it is\u2026life<\/p>\n
On the inhale do we take in the goodness of God?<\/p>\n
On the exhale do we rid our bodies, minds and souls of the pollution of our human failings?<\/p>\n
Or do we take it all in and blow it all out?<\/p>\n
We, as a culture, rarely pause long enough to catch our breath much less realize what we are breathing<\/p>\n
We are a people enticed by the world, energized by motion and engaged by pleasure<\/p>\n
When God created the light in the darkness\u2026the love in the world\u2026<\/p>\n
Was His intent that we simply live<\/p>\n
Or was His intent that we live simply?<\/p>\n
Living simply is not to be equated with a dirt floor and no furniture<\/p>\n
Living simply is living without excess of materialism, negative thoughts, and too many tasks<\/p>\n
Our lives are multi tasked, not single actions,<\/p>\n
Our lives are a blur of things we have checked off a list and a calendar of things yet to check off<\/p>\n
How then do we catch our breath and discover the rhythm of our lives<\/p>\n
How then will we sit still when the motion is what propels us?<\/p>\n
Stop, simply put, Stop<\/p>\n
Not forever, just for a time, just for a few minutes each day<\/p>\n
Stop and breathe\u2026 inhale goodness and exhale pollution<\/p>\n
In that moment close your eyes to your schedules and open your mind to God<\/p>\n
In that silence simply be at peace, listen for the breathing and embrace the goodness that fills your lungs<\/p>\n
Exhale the chaos, calendars and chores<\/p>\n
Choose to transcend this worldly, worrisome existence and find an inner peace<\/p>\n
Take the time to be there in that moment\u2026in that breath\u2026in that simple existence<\/p>\n
One breath in\u2026one breath out\u2026and there it is quite simply\u2026life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Poem I am entering for a contest. Let me know what you think of it. Does it slow you down?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[59,866,474],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}