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Louis CK | Everything is Awesome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TviGil-U2HE [14:34] And He gives you all kinds of things that you implore Him for. If you count GOD's blessings, you can never encompass them. Indeed, the human being is transgressing, unappreciative. [16:18] If you count GOD's blessings, you cannot possibly encompass them. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful. If we try to count all the blessings that God has provided us just for a single day there is no way we can wrap our heads around so many There are blessings that we can fathom and ones that we cannot even grasp Site, sound, touch, smell, taste We think we have only five senses but we have so many more being able to feel pain being able to feel heat/cold being able to tell up from down (vertigo) Being able to tell acceleration Knowing where your limbs are proprioception Being able to sense the passing of time But for us this is all normal so we forget When you woke up this morning did you thank God when you took your first breath and life was resurrected back into your body That during night time your body was immobile – Mike Biglia - Acts out his dreams Story of a professor whose body will randomly go immobile as if he is sleeping though he is a awake. When you opened your eyes and you first sensed light and awareness Did you know we can see 7 million different colors you saw the faces of your loved ones and were able to recognize them Prosopagnosia– face blindness I am talking with you and are you in astonishment in the process that is taking place? Your heart beats 115,200 times per day All day your lungs will be breathing pulling in oxygen and energy to your body 16 hours of your day your eyes will process all the things that you see in the world your legs will walk thousands of steps When you went to the fridge and you grabbed breakfast Milk Cereal Apple Eggs Microwave or stove That your stomach and intestines can operate and extract the nutrients you need without any willpower on your part Maybe you took a shower and in a few seconds you have fresh clean water at the perfect temperature for you Then you got into your car where you can adjust the temperature and travel faster than you could ever on your feet without breaking a sweat That you live in a world with laws and human rights that you are not fleeing from the lion or tiger struggling to survive I am pushing air through my lungs and vibrating this air as it is passing my throat to sounds that are bouncing off the hairs in your ears that is vibrating your ear drums then translating those vibrations to an electrical signal that is being sent and deciphered in your brain to language and a message Habituation Can you smell your nose? Can you see your nose? Can you feel the ground beneath your feet? We get used to all the infinite blessings that God has given us Remember you did nothing to deserve any of these blessings… We remember God when we lose it... Job 38:4-7New Life Version (NLV) 4 Where were you when I began building the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. 5 Who decided how big it was to be, since you know? Who looked to see if it was as big as it should be? 6 What was it built upon? Who laid its first stone, 7 when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God called out for joy? Old Man And His Eyes A man reached 75 years of age and started having problems with his eyes. He could not see. He went to the hospital and he was diagnosed, and the doctors informed him that he was in need of an operation otherwise he would never be able to see again. He agreed to have the operation done as he truly missed being able to see like he used to. When the operation was completed, his doctor gave him the bill which covered all the costs. The old man looked at the bill and started to cry. Upon seeing this, the doctor told him that if the cost was too high then they could make some other arrangements. The old man said “I am not crying because of the money but I am