Appreciate your legs

Well, I know that the title of today’s blog sounds weird. It will make sense soon, I promise!

So, recently I have been very busy with moving and renovating/decorating/changing our new house and the garden. Within the last 6 months there hasn’t been a single weekend where we weren’t busy with either the house or the garden. Of course we enjoy seeing the progress and seeing how our home become more and more how we want it to be but on some days I’m just tired and miss those weekends where we weren’t busy at all. Where we just went for a walk in Vienna city center, relaxed, met some friends/family etc. Of course we still have a social life but our main activities on the weekends are fixing stuff in and around the house. Everyone tells us that the first year is like that and that it will be easier next year. All fine with me.

But on some days I’m just super tired and exhausted, my legs hurt and I just want to lay in my bed and do nothing. Especially on Sunday evenings we are very tired. So last night I went to bed and this really weird and scary dream.

In my dream I saw someone lose his legs, well they were still on his body but he couldn’t walk anymore. It was really scary and I woke up completely shocked and upset. It was in the middle of the night which made me even more scared when I suddenly woke up. Then I was thinking of how to calm myself down and suddenly had a feeling of deep appreciation for having a healthy body and especially functioning legs that carry me everywhere I want to go. So I went on just feeling this deep appreciation until I fell asleep again.

It isn’t the first time I have an experience like this, actually it happened a lot of time to me that I had a bad day, was mad about something and then suddenly saw a disabled person on the street. It always wakes me up and I think: “I am a healthy person, what are my problems compared to the problems this poor person has?” This might sound weird and I don’t want to say that a disabled person has a bad life whatsoever but it is for sure harder than mine or at least they have some difficulties that I simply don’t have.

I just wish it wouldn’t take having scary dreams or seeing less gifted people on the street in order to appreciate my body and my life every day. I think gratefulness is the key to so many things and everyone should practice it every day. And whenever you are tired, exhausted or even sick, appreciate your body and the fact that you are in general a healthy person with endless possibilities and chances to take in your life.