Its amazing how by practicing enough we can teach our muscles to do things and eventually do them without even thinking about it. i write mostly about running and biking and yoga and each of these activities improves with practice. For these activities it usually means that things get easier to do; a mile run goes by quicker, a hill gets easier to bike up, and my toes begin feel closer to my face than they rightfully should. But this muscle skill goes for other things too. When I watch my friend knit it looks like each of her fingers has its own little brain and is doing this amazing river-dance boogie thing with the needles and yarn. Its amazing to watch! I harbor a personal pride in my ability to nerd-down on the 10-key and fly through a column of numbers so fast i don't have time to look at what my hand is doing, like the supermarket checkers rocking the cash register key pad in the days before bar codes and lasers. I think its worth taking a second to check out your hands sometime while you're doing any random thing like typing or washing a dish or opening a door and just marvel at the way those well-trained little sausages glide and bounce and claw all for YOU!
-Ken
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