I used to enjoy Scuba diving a lot in my 20s. After you put on your gear, you jump off the boat into the water. You might think that you would sink into the water right away, but it doesn’t work like that. For you to go underwater, you must let the air out of the vest (BCD - buoyancy control device) by using one of the valves attached. Once you let all the air out, the body will sink into the water, but there are times when your body is under water but doesn’t drop down. That’s because you still have air in your lungs. In that case, you need to relax and simply breathe out and let it go. Then, you will find yourself moving down and start enjoying marine life.
After my runs, I always take about 15 minutes to stretch. I have been stretching religiously since I have had injuries. Stretches have been super helpful in my recovery and maintaining good run health. At first I started following instructors online, and an important part of stretching is breathing. If you stretch without breathing in and out properly, you will notice that your body still feels tense. In a routine, the instructor would tell you to breathe in, then breathe out. When you breathe out in a relaxed manner, you will notice how much more of your body part that you are stretching, will stretch out more and give you a sensation of the body being more refreshed. The key is to let it go.
There’s a little frame hanging between the entrance to the men’s room and the women’s room. It says, “LET GOD.” The first five letters ‘let go’ are colored the same, and the last letter ‘d’ has a different shade of color. So you can read it as “Let go,” and “Let God.” James 4:7 tells us that we should “submit to God.” In verse 10 it says, “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.” How powerful are these words? May we learn to let go of our egos, and let God work in us as we begin this new year!
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