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Breathe.

Breathing can transform your life.

If you feel stressed out and overwhelmed, breathe. It will calm you and release the tensions.

If you are worried about something coming up, or caught up in something that already happened, breathe. It will bring you back to the present.

If you are discouraged and have forgotten your purpose in life, breathe. It will remind you about how precious life is, and that each breath in this life is a gift you need to appreciate. Make the most of this gift.

If you have too many tasks to do, or are scattered during your workday, breathe. It will help bring you into focus, to concentrate on the most important task you need to be focusing on right now.

If you are spending time with someone you love, breathe. It will allow you to be present with that person, rather than thinking about work or other things you need to do.

If you are exercising, breathe. It will help you enjoy the exercise, and therefore stick with it for longer.

If you are moving too fast, breathe. It will remind you to slow down, and enjoy life more.

So breathe.

And enjoy each moment of this life.

They’re too fleeting and few to waste.

This post is taken from Leo of Zen Habits. (Zenhabits.net)

the other day I was making sandwiches for everyones lunch when Axanti and Marcy said, “you’re not making us sandwiches with that nasty cheese like yesterday are you?” At first I was like, “no, let me get the other cheese”. Then later that day I’m thinking that I need to teach my daughter to appreciate whatever they get because “when I was your age” we were happy to even have cheese. That was better than a sandwich with meat and no cheese, which was better than a mayonnaise sandwich with no meat or cheese.

So, I’m thinking, “how can I teach them to be appreciative of how good they have it” when I then thought of how hard Marcy and I work to make sure they have the opportunity to not have to settle for a meat sandwich or a mayonnaise sandwich or NO sandwich for that matter. Looking at how I grew up compared to how the girls are growing up just shows how we’re making sure that they are getting a better start in life than we had.

So, I’m going to run to the store and get the cheese they like. But when I don’t or can’t, they better eat that nasty cheese!

So why did a drill, a needle and a deep cavity have to come between me on my back inbetween two lovely ladies this morning???

First, thank you Dr. Nguyen for a great job on my cavity.

It started with me going in for three fillings and the one was so bad she said, “let’s do the one and see how you feel”. I was like “uh okay”. So she starts and I’m fine. I’ve practiced breathing and relaxing in the dentist chair from the fillings and scaling from before so I’m good.

She says you’re going to feel a little heat. I’m like okay. I feel nothing. She does something else - I feel nothing. So I guess there’s some new topical treatment to numb the area. I was like COOL!

Then she gets the drill. I breathe because I notice I’m all tense and arching my back from the sound of the drill. So everything’s cool and then OW! Hey and I squirm away from her. She says, “you feel discomfort?” yeah, no comfort, no comfort.

She says,”okay, it’s deeper than I thought”. Gives me a needle. I’m thinking, “not a prob but now I won’t feel the drill.

(loud buzzer) wrong-a-mungo! At first it was fine then MM!! (mouth is held open) and I squirm away again. She gives me another shot in the gums. Says something about deep or spread or something. Now I’m tight as a drum thinking “how come I’m feeling the drill?this thing hurts!!” At the time I probably cussed. Not at her but at the pain.

So I’m breathing, relaxing and she’s drilling away. Thought I felt something but then it went away.. And I don’t feel the pain anymore. Nice.

So she fills the gaping orafice with something, mashes it with her thumb and the something else with some tool.

Then I hear her say, “I’ve never seen it like this before. Have you ever seen it this bad?” she’s talking to the assistant who says no. I’m like, “WHAT???” but they were talking about the wind!! Whew!

She tells me to bite down and grind my teeth, does some more whatever and then tells me to rinse. I’m done. Nice.

Gives me a little precaution like don’t kick puppies and don’t eat real crunchy food for a few hours.

All in all, a good visit!