Day #57: My heart (100 days gratitude challenge)
Day #57: My heart (100 days gratitude challenge) How many times does your heart beat in a minute? They say that the resting heart rate is between 60 and 100 beats per minute. So if you are 40 years old, your heart has already done 5 million beats. And if you are going to live up to 80 years, it would have beaten about 10 million times in your lifetime. This little machine is an absolute wonder – in terms of design and manufacturer’s specifications. It can function non stop all through your life. It can repair itself of minor infractions. It does not need any service or downtime. If you do not trouble it, it can go on for over a 100 years and much more. It is a pump that cleans over 250 million litres of blood in your lifetime. We have been gifted this incredible machine that does all this physical work to keep us alive. But that is not all it does. The heart has neurons that control the brain, our thoughts, and our emotions. It makes us do things that our rational mind woul...