I love this thread! I'm enjoying reading everyone's posts. What a treat. Expressing gratitude is so important. I am grateful for this body allowing me to type so quickly, my fingers seem to move in tandem with my mind.

I am grateful for this day. I am looking out onto the water and express gratitude to mother nature and this beautiful planet for sharing its home with me and my loved ones, and my new friends here at YLF!

Super thread. Your amazing stories have made me appreciate my own body even more.
Since it’s not too long ago, I am still massively grateful for and in awe of my body for, despite looking (and sometimes feeling) fragile, having created and nourished a whole new person from embryo up until a 6 month old, strong healthy boy all on its own.
(By which I mean I was also awed by the act of nursing and the fact that baby could subsist on mother’s milk alone for so long. I must keep respecting what’s left of my breasts for the hidden power they contain.)

I love this thread! I am thankful that everything still works pretty well and that I have built up strength since starting to lift weights three years ago. Being here and healthy is the greatest blessing of all.

Lovely idea! I'm grateful for my mobility which allows me to go salsa dancing at age 60. Not much makes me happier than being able to move with music, and I'm so fortunate that I've been able to do that for over 20 years and still can, although I do have to forgo the deeper dips these days!

I am so grateful for being alive, having survived several serious accidents and emergency cases.

Grateful for, against all odds, having been able to train my hands (which were severely damaged when I was a baby) to do all the things the doctors predicted I would never be able to do, including playing the piano.

Deeply grateful for, so far, not having cancer or other deadly diseases, unlike so many people who are, and were, dear to me.

Most of all, I am deeply thankful to the Grand Creator of the amazing human body with its marvellous abilities. I heartily agree with king David, who sang to God: "I praise you because in an awe-inspiring way I am wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, I know this very well." --Psalm 139:14 in the Bible.

I am indescribably grateful for the capacity for resilience and healing that my body has demonstrated again and again, and for living in a highly developed country in the 21st century with medical advancements and options for disease and pain management. I am grateful to walk and function again without pain after back surgery, and to have recently discovered muscles I did not previously know I had. I am grateful I inherited my father's mental focus and determination that helps me get back up again after illness or surgery and do the necessary work. This time I am coming back better than ever!

I am most grateful for my amazing size 10 (and a half!) feet, which have never given me a moment of trouble. No bunions, plantar-whatever-it-is, arch problems, heel spurs, etc. I read so many issues you all have with finding appropriate footwear because of painful problems, I can't imagine! My only problem is the elusive size 10 1/2 shoe!

I'm grateful for my nose...and the ability to stop and smell the roses!

Grateful for my healthy body that had 3 babies every day! Including gratitude for having such great energy that I didn't know I was anemic. My doctors tried to bait me into complaining... "Are you a tired mom?" I told them, I have been exercising lately and feel better than I do in years! And yet more gratitude to my body... I tolerate the iron pills just fine!

Today I am most grateful for my large, strong, veiny hands. They are my mother's capable and loving hands. She passed away two months ago, 4 days before her 96th birthday. I look down and see them on the keyboard or performing a routine task, and I see her, and feel her presence. I am so very grateful to have had such a wonderful mother for so long.

Dh and I did genetic tests, and I am so incredibly grateful to learn that I have NO genetic indicators of increased risk of diseases. Nor does Dh, for that matter, meaning our children could not have inherited anything detrimental (though I am aware that random mutations can and do occur, so inheritance is not the only factor).

I am grateful for this post, for my healthy body, and to soon be using it to swim again. (Swimming season almost here.)

Love this thread! Thank you! Every day I do a gratitude list and I always appreciate that I have a healthy body and can walk my dog for 3 miles every morning and enjoy the natural world around me, do yoga and teach others.

Great thread! I am very grateful that I don't have any joint or foot problems that would prevent me from dancing. I have taken ballroom dance lessons for the past few years and find it very therapeutic. I feel bad for people who have to be very careful about how many dances they dance in an evening because they have some kind of hamstring issue or joint pain, etc.

I am grateful that I am able to play musical instruments and do not have wrist or finger issues that would prevent this.

Wonderful thread -- thank you!

I'm grateful for my energy. Grateful for my resilience. Grateful that my fingers can still type, that my body heals well, that I have better sight now than I did in my 20s (with surgical assistance.)

I am grateful for my mind - it’s critical thinking skills, language capacity, emotional intelligence, and keen ability to interact socially with family and friends. I love that my strong legs - inherited from my dad - have never failed me. I am healthy emotionally and physically and do not take those things for granted. I am grateful for the hands - so like my mom’s - that can type, play piano, and create. For my ears and my eyes which amplify my communication skills, I am indebted. Thank you for this thread.

What a great thread! I'm happy that my body responds when I decide it's time for change. I love the feeling when I get on skis and muscle memory kicks in. I'm currently very grateful to see my cheekbones re-emerging as my health kick continues, and glad to feel new strength and energy.

I am grateful for my feet especially. I’ve been doing more walking for health and they are coping well with this. They’re also my favourite body part and fit many shoes in my size, which makes me happy

I am grateful to my body for the gift of my son and also allowing me to start karate in my 40's. Now 5 years later, I am training for my black belt.