Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor

And I know a lot of people say, ooh, the word spiritual, you just freaked me out.

And it's like, so call it whatever you want, but it's that sense of awe that I exist at all.

Oh my gosh, I was born.

I have a life.

I have a voice.

I have manual dexterity.

I even have bladder capacity.

Oh my gosh, if I can't get excited about the fact that I have bladder capacity, then I'm not paying attention to the miracle of what we are as living beings.

And how grateful I am that I'm here in this world at the same time you are.

And oh my gosh, look at you.

And look at how wondrous you are and all the things that you can do.

And wow.

I mean, wow.

It's just a big wow.

And it's the feeling that one gets when you stand on a mountaintop and you just look out over those mountains and the vastness and the openness.

And it's the part as we're standing on a beach and it's like, oh my gosh.

I'm alive and I have this time here in this form in this place and I can do anything.

I can do anything I want to do.

What do I want to do and who do I want to be with and how do I want to connect?

And how do I want to bring my gratitude into my life?