What are we missing?

Each breath of our lives is a constant exchange of energy. We inhale, building up a stress and tension necessary for our survival, pausing for a miniscule moment at the apex of tension. Then, like an explosion of freedom, we exhale and return to the world that we have transformed inside ourselves. As the world gives its riches to us, so do we give back to it, and thereby support each other.

Without food, we can live for weeks.

Without water, we can live for days.

Without sight, we are blind.

Without speech, we are mute.

Yet, without breath, this rhythmic constant, which guarantees our survival, we are lost within minutes. Something so simple, so automatic to our life, goes mostly unnoticed. If this can bypass the perception by our consciousness, what else are we missing?