Be thankful you can walk

I feel like everyone gets a reality check every so often where something that they are so used to having is taken away from them for a period of time, whether it is a thumb because of a horrible paper cut, or the use of a leg because of ankle surgery. I recently had ankle surgery, and I am now in a beautiful, purple cast that will remain on my leg for approximately five weeks total. Never in my life have I been so appreciative of normally having two legs that work and that allow me to walk and do whatever I please.
Not having the use of my left leg has made me reach out to H-shem to ask for a speedy and easy recovery because He is the only one that can actually heal my leg, even though I have to help by following instructions from my doctor. We are so lucky to have working bodies, and I feel like we never take the actual time to appreciate them. Even though I say Asher Yatzar multiple times a day and there are many brachos in our morning brachos that thank H-shem for helping us to see and stand up straight, etc., I have never truly appreciated, until now, the miracle of having a working body.
It is amazing how many things you can't do for yourself when one of your legs is out of commission. I have had to strongly rely on my roommates and friends to help me survive at school, and for their help I am truly grateful. All I can do is continue to ask H-shem for Divine assistance in my refuah and daven that He will give me the help and koach (strength) I need to recuperate.
So if you are reading this and have never broken a bone, had a debilitating surgery or an illness, please appreciate what you have because although I am grateful that I will now appreciate the use of my legs for the rest of my life, I have to wonder if I had been appreciative this whole time, would I be stuck without the use of my leg right now? Our bodies are a gift from H-shem, and although we must work to keep them healthy, it is H-shem who decides what truly happens. Although I feel as if this cast and crutches business will never come to an end, I know that H-shem does not present me with challenges I cannot overcome, and this is just another step in my journey to helping me seek H-shem's help in my everyday life.