October 20, 2026
Gratitude for a Working Body
The complaint and the privilege are the same fact.
Gratitude for a Working Body
Think of what you have rather than of what you lack.
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.27
The knees that ache going up the stairs are the knees that got you up the stairs. The tired shoulders held a barbell overhead this morning.
This is not a trick to feel better. It's an accurate description that resentment tends to leave out.
Today's challenge: Name one thing your body did today that you'd miss if it stopped.