Let us pause for a moment and return to our breath,
turn our awareness toward breathing in and breathing out.
Breathing in, breathing out. Breathing in, breathing out.
And, continuing to breathe in and out, we still our minds,
we rest our overheated imaginations, filled with fears,
filled with worries, filled with concerns and apprehensions.
Let us continue breathing in, breathing out, into silence.
We sometimes speak off catching our breath,
though breathing itself is more ephemeral
than anything that can be caught or captured.
It can, however, be released, again and again.
May we breathe in peace, may we breathe out love,
over and over, again and again, now and always.
Amen.
