{"id":1067,"date":"2010-05-17T09:36:38","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T09:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2010\/05\/testing-testing-1-2-5.html"},"modified":"2010-05-17T09:36:38","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T09:36:38","slug":"testing-testing-1-2-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2010\/05\/testing-testing-1-2-5.html","title":{"rendered":"Testing, Testing… 1, 2, 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\"Azules_de_Las_Tablas.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>Today is testing day for me–an annual CT scan to make sure I remain cancer-free. Gah.<\/p>\n

This means I started the day feeling like a bereft five-year-old when I couldn’t find Sharky, the stuffed animal who comforts me around these times (sharks are kind of my cancer spirit guides); he must have swum off to a deep sea of my closet. It means details will escape me like scattered ants today. It means I will receive love from many directions. It means nail-nibbling and deep breathing and sitting on the floor of the bathroom and crying a little. It means feling grateful for the cascades of love in my life. It means having compassion for others going through a day pretending to be normal even though they feel all wonky inside. <\/p>\n

So what’s a gal to do? Well, I just came across this lovely Mary Oliver line that gives me my task for the day: “What can we do but keep on breathing in and out, modest and willing, and in our places?”<\/p>\n

I also just received my daily Breathe Text<\/a>. Today it says: “Let’s BREATHE together.” Wanna? Three deep breaths, if you would.<\/p>\n

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Sniiiiiiiiiiifffff. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. <\/p>\n

Sniiiiiiiiiiifffff. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. <\/p>\n

Sniiiiiiiiiiifffff. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.<\/p>\n

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Thank you. May your heart, my heart, the hearts of all beings fill with cooling, calming, soothing breath today. Amen. <\/p>\n

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