Whatever you are doing at this very moment, whether your eyes are anxiously scouring over these words, or your fingers are fiddling with a piece of paper, if you allow yourself to fall slowly into each passing breath you can actually feel the presence that reminds you that you are here.
"The rest of my life is going to last as long as I can hold my breath"
Each day we find ourselves struggling for purpose, paying the bills, fighting with family members, laughing with friends and yet how often do we actually feel that we exist?
Yesterday I found myself watching an 8 pound newborn take his first breaths and for a brief moment, it was as if nothing else in the world mattered but his presence. We had only just met and I could already feel the love I had for him fighting back tears of joy and appreciation for his mere existence. I immediately wanted to protect him from all of life's inevitable pain, capture all of his innocence, lock it away in a safe and throw away the key.
How could I possibly love someone so much? Especially since this person has yet to know I (or even he) even exists yet! I guess this is what life is all about...
These miraculous moments where we care more about each other then we do for ourselves. Where we can actually feel a love so powerful that its pain can bring you to your knees and yet its beauty can take you to a place in yourself that not even you knew existed.
Here's to my family's newborn Miracle Man and all of the other miracles we keep breathing for every day...
Well said, Jules. That kind of love is so powerful and everlasting. It's generally a maternal love, but there are various kinds and levels of love. And you know that aside from my family, I feel a deep love for two very exceptional young women in my life. I'm certain you know who they are. Their happiness and well being is more important to me than my own. Love like that is what pulled me through my near death experience. I had so much to live for. It's beyond understanding or an easy explanation. It just is. No questions asked. They have entered my soul and have left their footprints in the deepest recesses of my heart. When we find that kind of love we should just be grateful for its existence and hold on to it forever. Just as I will until I take my last breath.
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