Going through Life with Gratitude

Going through this process of being more fit and more healthy with a sense of Gratitude has made all the difference in my Attitude towards Life.  Before, everything I did was done with begrudgingly.  Always in the back of my mind was the fear of failure and resentment towards that failure.  I hated my body and what it meant to me. 
Now that I understand that my body is a tremendous gift that I have stewardship over, all my activities seem do be done because I want to.  Not because I have to.  My body gives and gives and gives and gives to me all day long.  How do I give back to it?  How do I nurture my own body.  I tend to nurture EVERYTHING and EVERYONE else around me.  The idea of nurturing myself is a foreign idea to me.  But it feels right.  Making these changes in my life are being done so that I can live a better life, not to be skinny. 
I have never before done activities like running, hiking, or even gardening with a sense of gratitude in my heart.  My heart literally fills like it's going to burst with gratitude.  My body is amazing.  I can do so many wonderful things.  Now I just want to eat right so that I can do even more wonderful things, so that I can run faster, hike higher, longer and steeper hills.  Eating candy is not going to give me the effect that I desire. 
I'm sure this is all a review of what I've said the past few weeks.  But it is so powerful to me right now.  
If I could ask anyone who reads this blog to change one thing, that one thing would be to have gratitude for you body.  No matter what shape or size it is.  Your body is amazing, a gift given to you with great love.  Recognize that love, be grateful for it, and nurture your gift.