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| Matt Willey |
I almost posted something about politics, but this isn't a weekend for poopy politics--not during the time of rebirth and renewal and hope. Ease.
Instead, songs about breathing.
Give me a taste of something new
To touch to hold to pull me through
Send me a guiding light that shines
Across this darkened life of mine
Breathe some soul in me
Breathe your gift of love to me
Breathe life to lay 'fore me
Breathe to make me breathe
'Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, girl.
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe
And uploaded from my collection, a gentle traditional hymn interpreted by the gentle voice of Steve Bell. It's the perfect tempo for calm, peaceful breathing. (Interpret the god bits anyway you want.)
I feel the winds of God today
Today my sail I lift
Though heavy oft with drenching spray
And torn with many a rift
...Great pilot of my onward way
Thou wilt not let me drift
I feel the winds of God today
Today my sail I lift
I also found a breathing exercise from zenhabits.net. It's cute!
1. Find something divinely touched, like:Nature, music, love in any form, yourself doing anything good no matter how tiny...
2. Take a slow deep breath: "Repeat. Each inhalation brings with it more inspiration, and each exhalation releases tension."
3. "You are now filled with the Breath of God. Take this inspiration and use it, be moved, and do something."
4 comments:
I adore the first one so much! I want it. The second one is one of my favorites of all times. I think I want it's Breathe chorus in my ear when I forget to breathe. The third didn't do anything for me.
Thank you for sharing them. But what's with the graphic? I know it's a radiography print of the lungs (well, the breathing or veins?). Anyway, I cannot blow it up enough to read that little block of text under it. I think it is beautiful.
I love all the old stone places and the labyrinths and things in the first song. I think I'd like to change my own graphic to the sun or the spiral. Hell, I love them so much I even feel a desire to tattoo one or both on my body! Gasp! I can never decide on anything i'd want permanently!
I can't read the writing on the graphic either. I googled images of "breathe" and for some reason I liked it the most. Maybe cause it reminds me of just how much capacity for air there is in there?
The second song I own, but the first one I found when I put "Breathe" into iTunes--the lyrics were just right.
Re the third--I severely dislike most "Christian" music. Steve Bell is a very intelligent, compassionate artist my dad came across, and befriended. I find this song soothing. But like the image I chose, art comes down to personal taste. ;-)
You and the commitment! Even tattoos are removable these days.
I also love the first one. It's going on my ipod for sure. I already have the second one. Love it, too.
We'll all be singing and breathing together! It's so friendly... you won't be alone out in the sticks, with the poison air...
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