If you take step back from your every day perspective and really watch what a body is capable of - speed, flexibility, movement, strength - it's almost perplexing. These aspects can be easier to appreciate when you're a spectator, witnessing someone else's body take on these feats.
But there are also those moments when your own body can amaze you. Usually for me, those moments occur when I manage to knock down the boundaries that my mind has set for my body. They tend to be fleeting, but powerful nonetheless.
Unfortunately, as swiftly as your body impresses you, it can also let you down. You wake up with that slightly agitated feeling in the back of your throat. It grows into a consistent scratchiness as the day wears on. The sinuses start to feel heavy and you find yourself fatigued, despite doing nothing.
I suppose, in some way, even the body's betrayal deserves a certain measure of awe. And now this complex machine of mine is tired and needs to give its immune system a fighting chance.
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