Give Thanks.
Wake up and give thanks, first thing you do even before standing up.
Give a thank you for something, or for things, but be thankful.
Every human being is a combination of a body and a “soul”.
Of being conscious and being able to think and communicate those thoughts - and the physical plant upon which it rests and resides.
We are conscious of our body, our physical plant. We eat. We drink. We provide our bodies with sustenance. We maintain our bodies by paying attention to our nutritional and physical needs.
How do we maintain our souls? If you think about it, our body, whose sole function is to support our soul, occupies our minds' attention to a far greater extent than our soul does. Did you follow me there? In other words, what have you done for your soul recently? How are you maintaining it?
Start by giving thanks.
Here are a few things you can be thankful for:
Thank you for waking up today. Just by saying thank you – by thinking you know you are alive and have another day ahead of you that you can shape to your benefit.
Thank you for the bed I am waking up in.
Thank you for the HVAC providing my bedroom with warmth.
Thank you for my indoor plumbing.
Thank you for having food in my refrigerator in my kitchen so I can have breakfast.
Thank you for the clothes I am wearing.
Thank you for the ability to do what I am about to do today.
Thank you for my physical well being.
On and on you can go – you should go.
Think of each and every thank you as a vitamin for your soul.
And think about taking a multivitamin for it every morning.
No worries either - much easier to swallow and they are free.
You need to maintain your soul as you do your body – and for most of us, we probably should take better care of it than we do our bodies.
Wishes for a great day to all of you (pun intended),
Hugs too,
David/
