The Quickest Way to Relax

Do yourself a favor this week. When life gets a bit too busy and things are not going your way, drop everything and get out of the building. Don't worry, just get out, it will only take about 10 minutes.

Walk to a relatively open space and look up.

Take a look at the skies ahead. Take a long good look. Look at the blue, the smooth glassy blue. Look at the gradient of colors and feel the immensity of it. Notice the clouds, floating serenely in all shapes and sizes, painted with bold strokes across the skies. Feel the air on your skin. Breathe it in. No really, real deep breaths that you move your tummy out and not your chest. Please give yourself the moment, and breathe.

Concentrate on the moment. Live the moment. Be aware of everything around you - look, feel and listen. Be aware of yourself being alive at the moment, in the world. Life is the moment between two breaths. Breathe in some more, feel the air rushing into every nook and cranny of your being. Breathe out some more, imagine yourself breathing all your worries away.

Smile.