08/05/2026
Just take a breath…. Inhale, exhale 😮💨
✍️ A broken glass is easy to replace. A frightened heart is not.
A little boy accidentally knocked a glass of water off the kitchen table. It shattered across the floor.
His father had just come home from a long day at work. For a split second, he felt the familiar urge to shout. The words were already there, waiting to come out. It was exactly how he had been spoken to when he was a child.
Then he noticed his son standing completely still, frightened, with tears already forming in his eyes. Instead of reacting, he paused. He took one slow breath... then another. In that brief moment of mindfulness, something shifted. He realized there was a broken glass on the floor, but there was no reason to let the family's peace shatter with it.
He walked over, gently put a hand on his son's shoulder, and smiled. "Are you okay?" After making sure his son wasn't hurt, he added with a soft grin, "Looks like this glass decided it was done being a glass today. Let's clean it up together."
Years later, his son probably wouldn't remember the broken glass. But he would remember that mistakes didn't have to be met with fear.
A single mindful breath may not change the past, but it can change what we pass on to the future.
May you and all beings be well, happy and at peace. 🙏