As always, you make great points! I especially loved that you included things that I'm sure most of us take for granted on a regular basis!
For example, you have the option to eat a more diverse diet than any human has in the past. Our world enjoys the benefits of vaccines, sterilization, and other countless miracles of modern medicine. While poverty still exists, the living conditions of the lower-tiers of society have improved drastically. You probably own a computer that fits in your pocket. Digitization of information allows you to read about rocket science, computer programming, and the Kardashians without ever leaving your bed. What a time to be alive!
Now for my regular novel length comment of sharing my own perspective/experience with your thoughts (I hope it's not annoying that you always bring out my wordy side!)
When my oldest daughter was 5 years old, she started getting really... almost depressed. She was negative about EVERYTHING. I heard somewhere about doing a 'gratitude journal' (this was 20+ years ago, so it's been in vogue for a bit, I guess!)
ANYway, I had her write in a journal every day. She copied down one of the optional sentence starters every day ("Today I am grateful for..." "I love..." "My life is good because") and things like that, then had to list three things she was thankful for. This was her handwriting work and learning to read work for the day most days.
Her attitude changed so completely in such a short time. We did this exercise every single day for months and months on end and she changed so much with that... and it stuck for years and years. I was amazed and because of that, I try to challenge myself to be grateful and write it down, especially when I am feeling down and depressed or overly negative.
Great post, as always!
@byn
Hey, @Byn!
I think that is really wise that you did this with your little one. I hope that I can be as insightful as a parent one day. I am also very pleased to hear that it had a real effect!
And you are always welcome to leave wordy comments! I read this last night and I was pumped to see you engaging with my content like this.
The only downside is my upvote isn't bigger lol I'd love to give you more for such amazing comments.
Yay! Your posts so often make me really think about things that I'm doing or have done and always inspire me to search through my brain and then I want to share it. I didn't want to be annoying, but damn... you are really good at making these introspective posts!