A Healthy, Happy Thanksgiving

“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”

If you are in pain, especially around the holidays, it can hold you back from contributing. Pain keeps you from joining in fun activities. Pain makes you feel isolated, kept company only by daily aching reminders.

It’s ok. It’s natural. And you are not alone. 

To do well for others, you must first do well by yourself. So this holiday season, Miracle Stretch® encourages health first. Make yourself a priority, take a little personal time to relax, meditate, listen to beautiful music, take in the sunset...help yourself feel better so you can spread cheer and happiness to others.

Give yourself time to stretch and take care of your body. If the body is healthy and pain-free, the mind is far more positive—and patient. And that is especially helpful when conversations turn to controversial subject matters over the family dinner table.

Here is a list of simple, yet essential reasons to be grateful, brought to you by tinybuddha.com:

1. Your family – for being your closest kin in the world.

2. Your friends – for being your companions in life.

3. Love – for letting you feel what it means to truly be alive.

4. Sense of taste – for letting you savor the sweetness of fruits, the saltiness of
     seawater, the sourness of pickles, the bitterness of bitter gourd, and the spiciness
     of chili.

5. Your speech – for giving you the outlet to express yourself.

6. Your heart – for pumping blood to all the parts of your body every second since
     you were born; for giving you the ability to feel.

7. Your mind – for the ability to think, to store memories, and to create new
     solutions.

8. Happiness – for you to soak in the beauty of life.

9. The Sun – for bringing in light and beauty to this world.

10. Your good health – for enabling you to do what you want to do and for what you’re about to do in the future.

When you suffer through pain, you may find yourself to be quite grateful for the little things. When you conquer your pain and rekindle good health, you empathize with those who are suffering, and that perspective tends to lead to a more grateful outlook.

And what better time to be full of thanks?

Happy Thanksgiving,

Your friends at Miracle Stretch®.