Some time ago, perhaps years, I noticed the changes in the depth of my breathing. It wasn’t but just a little over a year ago that I had smoked cigarettes. I hadn’t smoked consistently for long, but during this time I was in some sort of a slump and smokey bars and cigarettes were part of my mixture. It isn’t just from smoking that my breathing has been shallow. In the early 00s I went to the Military Entry Processing center in Tampa Bay, Florida. I took the required tests to join the military there. Everything checked out well, except my breathing. I had some sort of shallow respiratory complication. I still don’t know the details of it, but I remember taking a ‘PFT’ test I think it was called. Basically I inhaled and exhaled into a little plastic device that measured its force. To this day I defiantly blame the equipment, even though I took the test on several occasions with different doctors. Just a moment ago I stood looking out the window and I was enjoying the depth of my breathing. It feels slow and clean. I don’t know if it is any deeper than it was when I took the PFT test but it feels good. I have spent these years since I took that test conscious of my breathing and at times I have purposefully tried to take deep breaths. Maybe that is part of why when I breathe now it feels so good. I also think its meditating and having a low stress level. Maybe we can credit some of it to not smoking too.
Inspiration: If you quit smoking today you can have tip top lungs again in 10 years. In 15 years you will no longer have a risk of heart disease. This glass appears half-full ladies and gentlemen.
I have been working on a side project since August for my family and friends. Recently it wasn’t looking good for the project when a required component became unattainable. Good news! Yesterday the unattainable was attained. I’ll post plenty of details about it after I fly back to Florida and share it with them.