Today started out as one of those horrible, no good, very bad days (as Alexander says… have you read that book? Good book). When you get so caught up in the moment… so upset that you think the whole world is out to get you… when you want to start cursing, blaming, road raging, eating Reese’s peanut butter eggs (No? That’s just me?), etc… what do you do to calm yourself down? No really, that is a question I’m asking my spiritual friends and readers. The whole morning I kept saying to myself… “In the grand scheme of things, this experience is so small and doesn’t even matter.” When that didn’t help, I thought “You’ve learned so much about spirituality recently… you’re better than this… don’t get upset… I know you’re driving a car right now, but meditate… breathe… DO SOMETHING!” I failed miserably. I was incredibly upset and I was miserable to be around I’m sure.
To make a long story that I haven’t even told you short, the day gradually got better. When I was finally able to sit down and breathe, the final scene of the series finale of Six Feet Under (titled “Everyone’s Waiting”) popped into my head. To this day it is my all-time favorite show. I miss it. There hasn’t been anything like it since. Some people thought it was morbid… but I was moved and inspired with every episode. I remember crying watching the final six minutes and rewinding it over and over again. So this afternoon I pulled it up on YouTube. The song playing in this final scene is Breathe Me by Sia. My day is so much better now.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnTPGdqJRLs?rel=0]
Since I’m not a word person (I usually don’t even pay attention to words in music) I decided to check out the lyrics.
Breathe Me
Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
And, the worst part is there’s no-one else to blameBe my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I’m needy
Warm me up
And breathe meOuch I have lost myself again
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found,
Yeah I think that I might break
I’ve lost myself again and I feel unsafe
Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I’m needy
Warm me up
And breathe me
Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I’m needy
Warm me up
And breathe me
But seriously, what do you guys do when you have days like this?
Peace!