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As nature intended

He consciously felt his diaphragm contract allowing expansion of his rib cage, which ushered air into his waiting lungs.

As the oxygen transaction concluded in the lungs alveoli, the relaxation of the diaphragm expelled the carbon dioxide result.

He was now exhausted. This voyage had commenced seemingly eons ago and he yearned to breathe oxygen the way nature intended. He glanced around the plane’s interior. Truly a feat of human engineering.

Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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