The Miracle of Wiggling Your Toes : Finding the Motivation

I need your help with this quick experiment.

Wiggle your toes. Shoes on is fine. Move them up and down or any way you can move them.

Now stop. Easy stuff, right?

Now, consider that your body is made up of over 100,000,000,000,000 (100 trillion) cells and through some miracle of nature those trillions of cells have developed and organized in such a way that all you need do is think and your toes instantly wiggle.

The operative word here is “miracle,” not amazing, interesting, impressive, cool or astonishing. The fact that you can wiggle, wriggle or move your toes is nothing short of a miracle.

Now, let’s take this experiment to the next level and further revel in this miracle. Think about and see yourself doing 10 pushups, 10 sit-ups and jogging for 10 minutes—then do it. Act on the thought—bring the thought into existence, aka manifest it.

All you need do is generate a thought and your body moves. It’s not painful, nor particularly stressful or draining. You mind suffers no cramps or lactic acid burn from thinking your body to move.

Exercise is really nothing more than advanced toe wiggling. It’s that simple.

Ironically, millions of people are, at this very moment, waiting for a miracle to get them moving—to motivate them to exercise their bodies wisely. When in fact the miracle is already present—but like all miracles it’s of no value if you don’t see it, appreciate, let it in.

Take a close look at a flower. Study it. Notice that you don’t have to
paint it, color it, add perfume to it or do anything to make it
miraculous—you needn’t even strain to see it.. The miracle is already
there. Rather, you simply need to take a breath, get present and let it
in.

Perhaps you too are waiting for a miracle to motivate you—so you will
in turn think your body into sustained motion (aka exercise).
Unfortunately most “miracles” in this category come in the form of a
doctor advising you to take evasive action before you suffer more or
worse.

Good news if you’ve been seeking the inspiration to exercise. You need
not wait any longer for the miracle is not “out there.” The miracle is
you—your body, mind and spirit. All you need do is take a breath, get
present and let it in…and move. 

Then watch how it with each thought your body moves and how each
movement becomes easier and more a part of who you are. And the more
you move, the more vibrant and alive you become, and the more you want
to move. 

Simply stated, movement begets movement like success begets success. The more you do, the fitter you get, the fitter you get, the more you do.

And you thought it was complicated.

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