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Practice Wonderment

Thanksgiving is tomorrow! It is fitting to read an article that would bring our gratitude in us. :-) Practice Wonderment by M. J. Ryan, from Attitudes of Gratitude Oh, for the wonder that bubbles into my soul. – D. H. Lawrence Recently I had the pleasure of accompanying my friend and her one-year-old daughter to the zoo for the first time. Her eyes almost popped out of her head when she saw an elephant. And when I gave her her first scoop of ice cream, her joy knew no bounds. Her little body wriggled, her eyes sparkled, and she brought out the biggest smile. The truth is elephants are amazing creatures, and ice cream is just as delicious the one-thousandth time as the first. But we adults have lost our wonderment, and so we can't appreciate elephants and ice cream as much. In wonderment, children are our greatest teachers. Wonder is a natural state, one that we often lose track of as we become numb to life. Since wonderment is the willingness to be surprised by life, and gratitude

qi jing shen (life force)

I have been interested in knowing exactly what Jing, Qi, Shen meant ever since I was little. In the common people's language, it means the same thing usually. But, this ancient concepts of life force requires some understanding of it. Perhaps, there would be some merits in the ancient Chinese medicine. Here is the one good article about kidney that is supposedly storing Jing .