Even having read just the title I suspect there are some people who disagree with the statement. “Taking ‘it’ for granted is inevitable.” First, some will question what ‘it’ is. Second, some will argue that there are some things that are never taken for granted. To address the first – ‘it’ can be almost anything that we really should appreciate or be thankful for. Things like waking up each day, not experiencing pain, having food available, being healthy, getting attention or gifts and more. ‘It’ can be anything that we should be thankful for each day, and throughout each day, but that we usually get so used to we stop really appreciating it; we start to take it for granted – until it’s not there any more. To address the second – there are certainly some things that never should be taken for granted, but unless we make a conscious effort to recognize and appreciate them, eventually we just accept them as a normal part of our day; we expect them; we take them for granted.
Let me give you a couple of examples to more adequately explain what I mean. My first example is the gift of flowers from husbands to wives. Most of the wives I know don’t regularly get flowers as a gift from their husband. It’s a gift they get on Valentine’s Day or their anniversary. If they get flowers any other day, it’s quite a surprise and usually appreciated. It’s a gift that they appreciate the uniqueness of on the other days as well. That said, I know a husband who owns a nursery and he gives his wife flowers every day. Every morning there is a new bouquet on the dining room table. It’s different each day – both in types of flowers, numbers of flowers and arrangement. Each day his wife thanks him, but…
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The remainder of this essay can be found in the book “Farther Down The Road”
Farther Down the Road – Where does your life’s road lead?
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