Today, I am thankful for what I think of each day as "The Little Things". Things like a dishwasher, a clothes washer and dryer, a vacuum, clean water, heat, a refrigerator and freezer, an ice maker, computers, and I'm sure a whole host of other modern day, first world conveniences that I take for grated each day.
I think about people living without running water in their homes, traveling miles each day, carrying their water home in jugs (most of the time it's not even clean water), and yet I flip on my faucet without so much of a thought. I never have to consider what it would be like to turn the handle on the faucet/flush a toilet, and have nothing happen. Not only that, I've never think twice about if the water coming out of said faucet is safe for me or my family to drink.
Taking that a step further, while some people in the world ration their daily water, clean or unclean as it may be, I don't think twice as clean water runs through my dishwasher and clothes washer, cleaning my dishes and clothing. The same clean water gushes through my sprinkler system to water my grass in the summer time so that my home can have "curb appeal".
Choosing one day to be thankful for these "little things" seems too small, and not even remotely close to enough. I should be more thankful each day for these "little things" because in the majority of the world, my "little things" are "big, life-changing things".
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