Relative Something

I gotta tell ya, being able to inhale to my fullest, deepest desires is one pleasure that I think I will cherish like never before. Pain, mitigated!

During some of the worst of my aforementioned pleurisy, I found myself amazed at the frequent revelations of how my body goes about acting involuntarily and how often those gyrations of an odd, awkward swallow, a preclude to a burp, a hiccup, a sneeze, even a shiver, would start to trip the trigger of muscles and tissue in the hazard zone, and of how naturally the pain signal would intercede in all activity to cut it short. I am not nearly as much of a commander of this vehicle as I thought I was. I am merely a passenger that every once in a while grabs the controls and steers the ship to alter the course, for better or worse.

Even when I tried to fill my lungs past that initial threat of pain, trying to override the reflex to give up and exhale, there was an involuntary abort which kept me from getting the breath I craved. I am exceedingly grateful to now be beyond that level of infirmity. I played floorball with the guys last night and my legs ran out of gas before my lungs ran out of air!

Breath deep, everyone, and take a moment to fully appreciate it. Because you can!