Breathe

Things can look bleak when you are in the bottom of a valley or canyon and it is dark.
Fear can feel overwhelming when you are lost in the night.
Or when you listen or watch the news.
But remember our relatives and ancestors endured worse,
so we could survive and thrive and be happy.
Remember that the sun always rises, and the moon as well
to light our paths so we can climb out of the valleys to the mountaintops
until it is time to descend again into the valley.
Ups and downs are inevitable in life and the economy.
It is the way we face them that makes the difference.
Knowing the darkest place can be lit with a small light helps.
So does knowing that the lows will in time return to highs and
back to lows again like the waves in the ocean.
Breathe in and Breath Out - Like Humans Do.
by Charleen Touchette
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Here's a quote that sums it up shared by a gentleman in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Sowing Only Seeds of Love (SOSOL)

If you want to be in love, begin by loving each breath.
Begin by falling in love with understanding, with clarity, with the truest sincerity.
These are the angels in your life.
When all is dark, they come—all lit, graceful, beautiful with clarity.

One second of clarity and all the darkness vaporizes.
Don't try to remove the darkness—it won't work.
All you have to do is usher in the light.
Fall in love with living.
Fall in love with that which is within you.

by Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji