Simple marvel
Take a few moments to observe your hands. Marvel at what they do. Turn a doorknob, light a candle, brush your hair. Twist a cap, use a screwdriver.
Watch and be amazed.
The hand never rests. Imagine the mind behind the hand; imagine the power of that mind, directing the hand - sensing the delicate pressure required to pluck a tiny blossom without crushing it. Wonder at the immense concentration of power as the fingers dig deep into the earth to plant the flower of the future.
See the pain - the constant nicks, cuts and bruises, the battering the hand takes as it washes the dishes and cushions falls, as it catches balls and cooks meals. The hand faces fire and ice, the cutting edge and the blunt instrument. It masters and endures them all, and continues - never at rest, always in the lead.
Observe the hand and be amazed. Be amazed by the mind behind the hand. Be amazed to be human.
