We have all heard the saying stop and smell the roses but it took a whole new meaning for me yesterday.
We really need to stop and think about all the small things we take for granted. I have not felt normal sensations through my hand in almost 23 months. I have not moved my hand in that many months. Recently we got my fingers moving slightly with a lot of focus and muscle power. Yesterday while working out at the gym something happened. (We aren’t fully sure what but something clicked) Sensation came back to my hand and movement was almost effortless. I could feel different textures. I could feel the cold of the kettle bell the foam of the TRx bands the roughness of the turf. Alll things I had felt a million times before with my left hand but seemed to have not noticed.
It was eye opening to have this feeling. I felt everything yesterday I touched the snow. I felt warm water on my hand in the shower. I felt different fabrics I touched the walls the cars wet dry hot cold I took it all in. It really was overwhelming. These are things we do every day. Things I touch every day but never noticed.
We go through life so fast that we don’t notice the small things. We measure progress from week to week or month to month. We don’t stop and see the difference a day can make. One day, one moment can change your life. In one moment it can be taken away and in one moment it can all come back.
I challenge you like I challenge myself to embrace those small things we take for granted. The ability to get out of bed in the morning. Both physically and mentally get out of bed and get through the day. We all have our issues. We all have our struggles. But in the end we all can be the best version of our selves if we put the time and effort in.
Wake up earlier Start your morning with reading for fifteen minutes instead of rushing through your morning routine. Workout the power of exercise is incredible. Exercise has changed my life. It has brought me the ability to walk. It brought me the ability to feel. It brought me the ability to have confidence in myself I never thought I would have. Exercise is life changing and the greatest mood changer you will ever find. Take that vacation. Buy that new outfit. Treat yourself and embrace each day you are given. As cliche as it is tomorrow isn’t promised so you have one day twenty four hours to make the best out of it.
Smell those roses and really think about the things you do each day. Stop rushing through life and going through the motions really do things you love and do them with a passion that lights a fire in you!
A workout selfie from before the gym session that was extra special because the video of my hand moving wouldn’t load.
Xox