Whenever I would get nervous as a child my mom would tell me to count to 5 and take a gulp of air.

I kept that trick for many years.
It calmed down all of the haunting thoughts that were inside of me.

I just never understood why it worked
Now I know,

As people we are just like hot air balloons.
If we keep ourselves from breathing we won't be able to get off the ground.

Just like the hot air balloons we can also withstand incredibly hot situations.
We can also carry tremendous amounts of weight
This is why it is so important to keep breathing
Because even though it may seem incredibly heavy,
We can still lift ourselves off the ground by just breathing