You cannot get life, earn it,
keep it, or store it up like money.
It is breath, Spirit.
You receive it.
Then you release it,
and become open to receive again.
You cannot hold it.
You must receive it.
God gives it to you.
Let go of your life,
accomplishments and mistakes,
all you deserve — good and bad —
and instead receive it anew from God
in this moment,
a single breath.
Let your repentance
be simply to breathe,
to receive and let go.
All the things you have to do
and all the things you want to do
disappear into the breath.
It is a death and resurrection.
Let yourself disappear into the breath,
the spirit, and be born again.
Go slow enough to live in the breath,
to surrender the life you build and hoard,
and to live the life God gives you.
Falling and rising, your breath
is the gift of life from God,
made new in every moment.
Breathe gently.
Breathe deeply.
Breathe life.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net