When I awakened this morning, I thought about all of the things that I take for granted. I am able to get out of my bed, when the alarm goes off. I go into the bathroom to get ready for the day. I do these things without a second thought given to how they all happen morning after morning.
This has been on my mind all morning. I find it a complete miracle that I am able to accomplish all that is required of me each day.
I work as a assembler of the main instrument panel that goes into the cockpit of the Boeing 737 commercial airliner. I wouldn't say that the work is hard but it does take recognition of detail and the ability to assemble each part the way that the engineering drawing requires them to be. I don't even give a thought to what I need to accomplish.
Three weeks ago, I was at the store and I noticed a young boy who was just learning how to walk. He could walk but in a very wobbly and slow way. He had that new walking look on his face. There was fear written all over his face that at any moment he could fall down. It is the skill and confidence combined that allows us to do what we can do.
I need to pay clearer attention to what I am able to do without taking the things of life for granted.
When I awaken, in the morning, I am going to start my day off by giving more thought to all of the things that I am richly blessed to be able to do throughout my life.
I am the luckiest guy alive! I thank heaven for my life.
