Gratitude for Our Senses
by Michael Feeley
We wake up and the world floods in. Light. The ticking of a clock. Birds calling outside. The taste of coffee. The warmth of a shower. Wind moving through trees. The texture of familiar clothing.
Our five senses are the bridges between our inner world and everything outside us. They connect us to other people, to beauty, to danger, to comfort. Without them, we would be isolated islands.
Yet we barely notice them until something changes. A word we can’t quite hear. Print that blurs. Food that loses its flavor. Then we realize how much we’ve been taking for granted.
Here’s the truth: our senses will change as we age. Some will dim. Some will need help. And that’s okay because we live in a time when help exists—glasses, hearing aids, adaptive tools that keep the world flowing in.
The gratitude practice isn’t just thanking our senses when they work perfectly. It’s appreciating them now, in whatever state they’re in. It’s accepting the aids that extend their reach. It’s recognizing that staying connected to the world around us—to people, to experience, to life itself—is worth whatever it takes.
Our senses are gifts. Let’s treat them that way.
Thanks – Michael (he, him)
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