Breath...and air

I've been reading David Suzukis book,'The Legacy' and the part on air struck an accord, especially after reading Sifu Regiers blog on breath. To quote' We cannot draw a line that delineates where air ends and we begin because air is in us, fused to our lungs and circulating in our bloodstream. We are air. When you exhale, the breath that leaves your nose quickly mixes with the air and goes straight up the nose of anyone nearby. If I am air and you are air then I am you. And we are embedded in the matrix of air not just with all other people on the planet but also with the trees adn birds and spiders and snakes....Air is more than just a physical component of Earth; it is a SACRED element giving life to all terrestrial organismslinking all life in a single matrix, and joining past, present, and future in a single flowing entity. Our great boast is the possession of intelligence, but what intelligent creature, knowing the critical role of air for all life on Earth, would then proceed to deliberately pour toxic materials into it? We ARE air, so whatever we do to air, we do to ourselves. And this is true of the other sacred elements (earth, air, fire.)'
Kinda makes that breath abit more important, doesnt it?