Yesterday’s Action for Happiness Mindful March calendar
prompt was “Make a list of amazing things you take for granted.”
So I did.
Here’s a portion of it, in no particular order:
- Libraries
- Toilets (our main one was briefly out of commission over the weekend)
- Blue skies with puffy clouds
- Two-day shipping
- Computers
- My family
- My close friends
- My pets, Tank, Prudy, and Luna
- Electricity (I don’t take it for granted as much since Hurricane Irma blew through)
- Knowing where my next meal is coming from
- Not having to grow/butcher my next meal
- Smart phones (even with their drawbacks, they’re pretty amazing and useful)
- Waking up each morning (think about it!)
- Coffee pots on timers
- The washing machine (and dryer)
- Refrigeration
- Ibuprofen
- The Internet
- Growing things—plants, trees, flowers
- Supermarkets
- Delivery pizza
We live in a challenging, chaotic, stressful age, but we are
also surrounded by amazing things our ancestors couldn’t imagine. While it’s in
our natures to want—to be always searching for the next Shiny Thing—now
and then, we should stop to appreciate all the amazing-ness we already have
access to.
It’s easy just to rattle off a list like this, but if you
make one yourself, I encourage you to spend a few moments thinking about each
item, how it enriches your life, how many people were and are involved in
getting it to you, and so on. For most of us, life is pretty amazing!
What amazing things do you take for granted?
