Are you grateful?

One of the things you get very quickly living around the world is that not every country´s standards are the same. Having lived in countries where hot water coming out of the shower every morning was NOT the norm, there isn´t a day here in Sedona that I don´t have my shower and feel overwhelming gratitude for the amount of water, the pressure of the water and the fact that I have hot water!

It´s easy to take things for granted but it will help you create a more amazing life for yourself, no matter where you are, if you start feeling gratitude for even the little things in life.

In Mexico, despite the fact that I was living in a condo that sold for $750,000.00 US dollars (yes, you read right!), hot water, consistent temperatures and water pressure were definitely not taken for granted. Either was the shower door actually keeping the water inside the shower stall! And believe it or not, there was no bathtub for that price! We would have to run the water in the kitchen sink, wait for the water heaters to come on and then wait more time for the hot water to hit the back bathroom. I literally could make my bed and brush my teeth before I had hot water. Then you had no idea if that hot water was going to last your entire shower either!

In Ecuador we had what they called an “electrocuter” which literally heated the water as it went through the shower head. One time while shaving my armpit, I hit the shower head with my outstretched arm and got a nice jolt! I´ll also ever forget the bed and breakfast in Scotland when the water in the shower down the hall from our room went freezing cold and I ran through the B & B with a towel wrapped around me.

In South Africa, you definitely checked that there weren´t anything creepy or crawly in the shower with you. In Japan, I experienced the excrutiatingly hot bath water but also the fact that the bath water was shared in the family due to their customs and cultures. You got out of the bath and covered it with a pool-type cover for the next person.

Are you going to look at your morning shower or luxurious evening bath the same way? I hope not! I know that these experiences have taken my appreciation for what many people living in North America take for granted to whole new levels and for that I am grateful.

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