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Daily Question, October 17

What parts of my body do I take for granted?

  • Jenna F

    I take my legs and feet for granted. They take me everywhere I need to go and allow me to do so many amazing things. Yet I only tend to notice them and give them attention when they are in pain. I am so grateful that I can walk and I take this moment to honor my legs and feet.

  • GCharlotte

    I am not taking for granted any body parts for now.In the past I may have taken for granted my stomach.. By doing so I ate too much food.

  • Malag

    My toes. I used to ignore them, think my feet ended before my toes began! Now I walk barefoot more and am starting to use barefoot shoes. I marvel at how the toes function, support and provide power to movement.

    • Javier Visionquest

      I’m also into that barefoot thing. If you have suggestions on brands and designs of shoes you like, I’m all ears, Malag! Thanks in advance.

      • Malag

        Javier, too soon to tell for me whether I’d endorse them but I’m trying out Vivo Barefoot.

  • Present Moment

    My skin. The largest organ of my body. Under the hot hands of my Thai masseuse I am learning the subtleties of knowledge through touch. Working with my mind and connecting to my skins energy I can move and dissolve pain and reach subconscious truths delivered in a way similar to dreaming

  • Zoe

    I take my eyes for granted and I hope I don’t lose my eyesight. I’d rather lose my hearing than my vision. I am a visual person who loves art and photography. I also love flowers. I know I could enjoy the sweet smell of flowers if I lose my vision, but I do love their colors and design. I am grateful for all my senses. This has helped me to realize to take care of my eyes and to be grateful for all I can see.

  • Elizabeth M Jones

    My toes. I must show my toes my gratefulness.

  • Sister Diane Brown

    My feet are always there to support me. I rarely consider the toll they take, carrying my body from point to point. They require minimal care and attention, yet I only really notice them when I have spent too much time standing and walking. I am grateful for my feet.

    • Javier Visionquest

      I hear this loud and clear, Sister. Many people in my situation will outlive our extremities. I’m rough on my feet. I engage in activities such as hiking and trail running, many barefoot, that make my medical support team cringe. Nothing quite like a hot sitz bath and a thick pair of wool socks.

  • Javier Visionquest
    It is emotions that set up imbalances in our subtle energy body, or auric field. Uncleared, these emotions precipitate into the physical tissues where they express as dis-ease. We have been busy and distracted by extrinsic matters; we have missed another golden opportunity for genuine forgiveness and it’s time to consult our physicians. The residual frequencies of fear, resentment, and anger accumulate in our cells and can no longer go unnoticed and ignored. Science is wonderful with what it ...

    It is emotions that set up imbalances in our subtle energy body, or auric field. Uncleared, these emotions precipitate into the physical tissues where they express as dis-ease. We have been busy and distracted by extrinsic matters; we have missed another golden opportunity for genuine forgiveness and it’s time to consult our physicians. The residual frequencies of fear, resentment, and anger accumulate in our cells and can no longer go unnoticed and ignored.

    Science is wonderful with what it can measure and quantify but all disease has energetic origins and spiritual implications. Without appreciation of our mental, emotional, and spiritual states of being our time here is spent as little more than biological robots that will soon be in need of repair and replacement.

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  • Chester

    Every part, nearly all of the time – all taken for granted as I take in, move through, and strive to impact the world around me, fully reliant on my body and mind, without due appreciation/gratefulness – until I get sick or injured. Will do better!

  • Mica

    Fewer and fewer as I get older and older. I no longer take for granted my eyes, sitz bones, right hand, feet. I’m grateful for my left hand, my writing hand, and I don’t take it for granted either. I haven’t taken my back or knees for granted for a long time. I was going to say I take my heart for granted, but it makes its presence known in unusual ways sometimes, too. Fingernails? Skin? Kidneys? No. I’m coming up blank on this one.

  • Journey
    I have a host of medical issues but continue to take my body for granted and don’t treat it well. I’m fighting a couple of auto immune conditions plus eczema plus degenerative disc disease (lower back issues). I feel bad for even saying it as I dont want it to sound like I'm complaining. I know that so many people have medical conditions much much worse to deal with. But I do neglect myself. I need to do things to bring my immune system in balance. I realize that I need to love my body and l...

    I have a host of medical issues but continue to take my body for granted and don’t treat it well. I’m fighting a couple of auto immune conditions plus eczema plus degenerative disc disease (lower back issues). I feel bad for even saying it as I dont want it to sound like I’m complaining. I know that so many people have medical conditions much much worse to deal with. But I do neglect myself. I need to do things to bring my immune system in balance. I realize that I need to love my body and look after it as there are no spare parts to take over if something fails altogether. I am very grateful for this question today, it’s the Universe’s way of reminding me of what I need to do.

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    • Antoinette

      Hi Journey. I’m sorry about your health issues. I think many people have them. I am dealing with chronic migraines. Have you seen the Netflix movie Heal?

      • Journey

        Thank you Antoinette. I have heard of Heal and it is on my list to watch ? . Thanks for reminding me. I hope and pray you find relief from your migraines soon.

  • Tom

    I am one who has practiced body scan meditation with some regularity for a couple of years. This helps in noticing what the body may be telling me and aids in awareness. Even though this practice helps, I still eat too much in the evening and I do not allow my body proper rest from exercise. In addition, I fail to realize that the body is running just about everything without my needing to really think about it.

    • Journey

      I hear you Tom. I have the same challenge. In spite of all the information and resources out there I am still not able to do right by my body.

  • Linda

    None, since a recent hiking accident. I have been fortunate to have had nothing serious happen to my body until this year, when I had 3 health challenges in a row, including a broken hip and pneumonia. What a shock! I appreciate my body’s ability to heal quickly and will certainly never take my good health for granted again.

  • Carla

    I respect every cell, bone, membrane & muscle; and all body fluids even the bile. And it is always about “letting go.”
    This body is wonderfully made & beautiful in the eyes of this dweller; and in the eyes of her Creator. I am Beloved! All of me.

  • Michele

    I agree with the others. My body does miss yoga and I need to get back into it.

  • Anneclaire

    None! I think my body is amazing and I am so grateful for it!

  • Kevin
    Are you kidding? If the world could see the list of “doctors” and their specialties that I have in my phone’s contact list, there’s proof that I’ve covered nearly every part of my body from the inside out and back again! As I age, keeping up with the revolving needs of each demanding, cranky little part is like working a part-time job. I think that it’s fair to say that I take no part for granted. I can’t afford to. And this reminds me.....You know what they call a group of peopl...

    Are you kidding? If the world could see the list of “doctors” and their specialties that I have in my phone’s contact list, there’s proof that I’ve covered nearly every part of my body from the inside out and back again! As I age, keeping up with the revolving needs of each demanding, cranky little part is like working a part-time job. I think that it’s fair to say that I take no part for granted. I can’t afford to.

    And this reminds me…..You know what they call a group of people standing around discussing their ailments? An “Organ Recital!”

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    • Cheryl Read

      Love the joke….I shall borrow it! I used to say that I would never become that person sitting around the table talking about broken bodies but it’s happening and as my friends call me Miss However I always say “Be grateful that you’ve got legs to hurt!”

      • Kevin

        So true, Cheryl! Or as that other saying goes, “I complained because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.”

    • Carla

      Kevin, my body parts thank you for this dose of endorphin. Love the joke!

  • Pilgrim

    None – not at my age and with my history!!

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