Practicing Gratitude for the Marvels of the Body

Which of the marvelous functions going on in your body amazes you most? Your heart has been beating uninterruptedly since before you were born. What keeps it beating? You eat an apple; a mysterious life force made a tiny seed grow into the tree that produced this fruit. That same life force will guide your digestion, turning this apple into energy to move and think, even the very thought you’re thinking now. You drink a glass of water, and your kidneys know how to take care of the rest; the same life force guides them.

Have you ever shown yourself grateful for these everyday marvels too deep for your mind to fathom? Now is your opportunity. Write the simple sentence: “I am grateful for my… (eyes, kidneys, spine, teeth, lungs, etc.) … because…”  To write this sentence down is a helpful exercise. It gives your gratefulness a body.