Katy McKenna Raymond  
Personal blog of christian writer Katy McKenna Raymond in Kansas City, Missouri

Personal blog of christian
writer & fallible mom
Katy McKenna Raymond
in Kansas City, Missouri


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Just Breathe

I'm sitting in a velvet chair at Starbucks, reading The Call by Os Guinness, one apt phrase at a time, slowly.

For the first time in several days, I begin to relax, just a little at first, then almost completely. My shoulders drop from their recent highs to what might be near their all-time lows. I hear myself say, "Oh…" a couple of times in response to something I read, and then all falls silent.

I stop registering the background music, cease picking up on the animated chatter of the other patrons.

One short phrase, a rest, then another phrase, and another rest. Soon, more resting than phrases. Time passes, and perhaps a bit of eternity with it.

Then I jolt at the sight of my own chest rising and falling with mortal, rhythmic, even breaths, as if I hadn't, for a flickering second, been somewhere else, where oxygen is overrated.

Every once in a great while, a temporal moment becomes so much like an eternal one, mere breath seems unnecessary, even impossible.

Still, I gasp and fill my lungs with it, certain it must be the breath of heaven.
Posted by Katy on 03/24/03 at 08:16 PM
Fallible Comments...
  1. Ah... but that's the miracle of mindfulness. It is amazing how eternal one moment can be, huh?
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    Posted by Maria  on  03/26/03  at  12:30 AM
  2. It is shocking, since most moments--whole days even--seem to have no eternal component whatsoever!
    Posted by katy  on  04/02/03  at  03:18 PM
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