Amazing Humans

An idea that keeps going through my head this morning that I really need to 'put pen to paper' about is the amazingness of humans.

Specifically, I mean this in two contexts. The first is the amazingness of the human body. The fact that it can create a human life (like, whoa!), is capable of nurturing said life for 9 months, bring that life into this world, and after all is said and done-able to do amazing feats like run 17 (26.2?!?!?) miles for fun. What?!? Bodies really are pretty damn amazing. We could probably all do a little more thanking and taking care of these pretty cool things we get to have for one lifetime (speaking of myself here also).

Secondly, I mean the amazingness of the human spirit and the human element. I have seen time and time again the last year (through meeting some amazing people) that people are simply amazing. They will walk into your life when your heart is open and accepting, and they will change it forever. And specifically, those that I surround myself with are particularly amazing. Giving, warm, gracious, kind, happy, welcoming, loving are all words that come to mind when I think specifically of those people. We as humans get the supreme blessing of feeling, loving and giving of ourselves, we get the amazing opportunity to enrich others' lives simply by being in it-what a cool thing!!

So, I leave you all with the challenge to both thank your bodies, be kind to them-and both be kind and help enrich the lives of others. We all know what a challenge life can be sometimes, why not help make someone else's experience just a little bit easier? Whether thats random acts of kindness, or simply reaching out to connect with a random person-do what you can, at this moment, to enrich the 'humans' around you.

Have a great Monday!

Kara

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