Keep Breathing... in and out...

In the face of tragedy you fight or flight, which is basic human nature. What do you do in the moment that if you fight, you hurt the one you love the most, if you flight, you hurt yourself the most.

Basic human instinct may be the worst option in times of horrific grief. Sometimes it’s extremely crippling to do what you instinctively want to do… so you just breathe… in and out… in and out… keep reminding yourself to just keep breathing because as long as your breathing you’re alive and that is the most precious gift. Even when life feels like a punishment, you know, life is a gift.

During these times you think of the others that have gone before you. The grandparents that lived their whole lives long enough to see you succeed into the beautiful person you are, the relatives that were taken to suddenly and the friends that caused the sharp pain of the short life they led. You think about the young ones that left as teenagers, children, babies. The ones that never got to even take a breath, or be held by their parents, you think about the grief and you remind yourself… keep breathing… in and out… in and out…

Keep breathing for those that can no longer breathe. Keep breathing for your life is worth living, keep thinking about your future, keep thinking long term, keep doing what you’re doing. Keep breathing…. In and out… in and out… Keep going…

This crippling fear of what is next will soon be a memory… this is the beginning of a beautiful love story… the story that is your life… Just keep breathing… in and out… in and out…