We’re both a little bit more and a little bit less than dust. We’re made up of particles even smaller than dust. We’re a collection of tiny parts, just like everything else. But as tiny collections of particles go, it is hard to argue that we’re not a particularly remarkable collection.
I’m particularly struck by the wonder today. I had a Functional Integration lesson and it was one of the profound ones. One in which I learned a new way of walking, one which I was surprised to discover that all of my previous walking had come from my ankles. And no wonder my ankles started giving me trouble ten years go – it is amazing that they haven’t been much trouble recently. Our brains! Our bodies! How and why did I learn to walk this way? Or rather that way – as I will no longer be walking that way in the future. Something as simple as walking really is rather a miracle.
The Hamlet Project 