Breathing & the colour of life.

The ability to breathe is an action that is common to all life on this planet. In the sky and in the sea. In and on the ground. It is something that we all take for granted. Anything that is alive, be it a piece of microscopic plankton in the depth of our oceans or a giant Condor flying over the Andes . .
Some species of life may be with us for many hundreds of years and others but for a few days. The action of breathing may vary depending on the conditions that the subject lives in but it all comes down to one thing…to live we have to breathe, there is no way out of that situation. It is the one most singular condition that controls all of life and we have no choice but to abide by this aspect of our bodies environment. We come into the world and the very first thing we do is to use our lungs to breathe, it is also the last action of our lungs.
But at some stage of our life’s ( you and I ) the act of breathing is compromised and our bodies integrity, our state of health, becomes of paramount importance . Breathing …Such a simple function of our body, breathe in and breathe out. We have contracted ALS/MND and usually in the later stages of this disease the action of breathing becomes harder as our lungs, due to muscle destruction caused by our condition, take the road of least resistance and finely cease to work…….
There are medical implements that anybody with breathing difficulties can use to increase the amount of oxygen taken in by ones body and in most cases of a person with a breathing disability that is sufficient, but with ALS/MND it is the bodies inability to generate enough oxygen, even with the help of artificial means that will finely bring peace to the person concerned.
But to help us with our breathing we must preserve the world around us. Not only for those who suffer with breathing problems but for all of the species who share this world with us. There are too few forests left on this planet of ours and the more we cut down and burn means less oxygen being produced. It is a sad fact of life that mankind has to expand his horizons but at what cost to the human population and all other species when he cuts down the one thing that will help him survive, our many Rain forests .
In the long run it wont be all the illnesses we suffer that will wipe us out ( ALS/MND included ) but our overall stupidity in managing the resources of our planet…
So when someone passes on might it not be a nice idea to plant a tree. It will not help the person who has gone but the thought is there.
Green is the colour of life.. let us keep it as long as we can.