Daily Question, February 10 Who do I tend to take for granted? What can I do to change this? 22 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. Patito6 years agoPatitoNo siempre corrospondo a mi familia y mis amigos lo necesario. Hay que llamarlos mas y decirles que los quiero. Mi cuñado ha sido una persona que me hace sentir cómoda y de apoyo con mi hermana. Si bien indirectamente algunas veces lo he demostrado con atenciones, creo que debería hacerlo verbalmente, sobre todo darle las gracias por recibirme en su casa 0 Reply Barbara Morris6 years agoBarbara MorrisI too was thinking that I don’t usually take anyone for granted. Then I read these wonderful responses. Sharon’s really impressed and I think differently now. 0 Reply Doreen Nixon6 years agoDoreen NixonI tend to take people such as bus drivers and cashiers, etc for granted and am not always present when dealing with them. I can slow my pace some and look into their faces and inquire about their day and say thank you. I need to slow myself down. 2 Reply kathleen6 years agokathleenI think when I am stressed by events I’m sure I take others for granted.I have to trust the universe so I can have a better perspective. 1 Reply Hot Sauce6 years agoHot SauceI often take my privileges as a white straight middle class American cisgender male for granted, as it is easy to be blind to these when you do not see the disadvantages to not having such privileges. I can be more aware of this by using my privileges to help those less fortunate than myself. I can begin by giving my possessions to the needy and refusing to take more than what I need for survival. 1 Reply Trevor6 years agoTrevorMy breathing. I can reduce screen time and focus on nature while breathing deeply perhaps. 1 Reply Elaine6 years agoElaineYou know, I mostly am awash in gratitude for my blessed life. I don’t expect perfection so I’m not inclined to lean into this question today. 1 Reply Ed Schulte6 years agoEd SchulteWho do I tend to take for granted? My Holy Monadic Self and its exact duplicate, my Holy Guardian Archangel. What can I do to change this? Continue consciously working with both towards Self-Realization. 2 Reply Ose6 years agoOseWhen I think about what I cherish every day, the moments when music is around are giving me so much joy. In these moments, usually I am not aware of the one who created a text, or the many people who play the instruments, or the musician who trained them, or who once built the instruments, or the one who tuned them right before the concert. It needs so many people who contribute to finally being able to listening to music, and each one is important. And the ones listening to the music are neede... When I think about what I cherish every day, the moments when music is around are giving me so much joy. In these moments, usually I am not aware of the one who created a text, or the many people who play the instruments, or the musician who trained them, or who once built the instruments, or the one who tuned them right before the concert. It needs so many people who contribute to finally being able to listening to music, and each one is important. And the ones listening to the music are needed as well. Such a beautiful question of today. And so beautiful answers already, all showing how deeply interconnected we are. I feel everyone who participates in life through being here with me is a gift, and we all build the “chorus” all together. I will work on holding this in my awareness, and to transform moments where I had the tendency to look at myself and others as separate. So grateful again for this question. Thank you very much, dear Gratefulness team! Read More2 Reply Nancy6 years agoNancyI love how you say “we all build the chorus all together”. ❤️ 1 Reply grateful sea6 years agograteful seaOften, when I start to ponder these lovely gratefulness questions, they just keep on opening and expanding outward, outward. This is one of those questions. What is in my heart, I can’t seem to fit into words this morning. All I can say is that I am humbled. And as Sharon so beautifully describes below, I am staggered by the intricacy and immensity of our interconnection. 4 Reply Nancy6 years agoNancyDear grateful sea – I know what you mean when you say words cannot properly express our hearts. ❤️ 0 Reply Michael6 years agoMichaelI continue to work (on a daily basis) to not take my “routine” for granted. everything in my routine…my wife, my kids, the food I am blessed to eat, water to drink, vocation/profession, friends, et al. 1 Reply Amor fati6 years agoAmor fati“The farmer is the man that feeds ’em all” Those who produce our food and those who teach our children…..starting with mothers…. are too often forgotten in our culture 5 Reply Sharon6 years agoSharonOne day, I sat in a coffee shop with a cup of coffee and no one to talk to. So I began thinking of all the people that made my cup of coffee possible: the server, the owner of the business, the grower, the shipper, the manufacturer, the wholesaler … all the way to the manufacturer of the paint on the truck that brought the restaurant supplies to our town. (Not to mention the One who provided sun, water and soil.) By that time, there were so many people, trades and countries involved that I was... One day, I sat in a coffee shop with a cup of coffee and no one to talk to. So I began thinking of all the people that made my cup of coffee possible: the server, the owner of the business, the grower, the shipper, the manufacturer, the wholesaler … all the way to the manufacturer of the paint on the truck that brought the restaurant supplies to our town. (Not to mention the One who provided sun, water and soil.) By that time, there were so many people, trades and countries involved that I was staggered. And I realized that I take a lot of people for granted. And I tend to live mindlessly about how deeply interconnected my life is with so many thousands of unseen others. I think I’m standing on my own two feet when people all over the world are holding me up. Read More12 Reply Aine6 years agoAinePerfect. ???????? 0 Reply Nancy6 years agoNancySharon – thank you for this gentle reminder ❤️ 0 Reply Michael6 years agoMichaelI don’t take anything for granted other than impermance/change and the inability of us all to control/alter that. 1 Reply Kevin6 years agoKevinI do not believe that I take anyone for granted, actually. And to ask such a question in this way, in such absolute terms, implies, or at least feels to me anyway, that the voice behind the question expects the worst of humanity to be manifest in us all. That in itself is a negative judgment and proclamation. 3 Reply niels6 years agonielsMyself. To be alive and a person, when you think of it, how incomprehensible and how wondrous. By extension, all of creation 8 Reply Malag6 years agoMalagI like to think that I don’t but I do. Less so people close to me. But I can lose sight of the interconnectedness of everyone and take for granted the people who make sure I have water, heat, light, safety, food etc. From the people I never see eg electricity workers to those I see but don’t see – who served me at the till; was sweeping the road; answered the phone etc. 7 Reply Kevin6 years agoKevinYour take on today’s question, Malag, has me thinking about all the many people out there who work all day long wearing reflective clothing for safety. Once, when I was working in local government, I was at a workshop when the speaker reminded us that the reason so many workers out in public wear reflective clothing is because they’re working for us, and they’re always at risk doing so. 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