So often get used to new situations, even if they are an insane lot better than we have had before. Sasha Dichter very generously reminded us of this in his blog recently. This is my favourite part.
How long does it take us to flip the switch? Once our mini-prayers are answered, how much time passes before we move on to the next thing? How long before we start taking that desperately-important-thing for granted?
Most of the time we move on too fast, falling into the trap of quickly switching off our gratitude.
Imagine if we stopped—really stopped—to notice.
We would be constantly overwhelmed with gratitude, not just for the new things that we discover are missing for us today, but for the wonder of this next breath, for the chance to see a sky this particular shade of blue, for the sight of a loved one’s smile and bright eyes
From a better reality it’s always easy to complain. We shouldn’t forget that our current normal was an awful lot better some time ago.