A Matter of Perspective

I believe there are three times when a hot shower feels better than any other time.

After you've worked up a sweat.
After coming in from the cold.
After returning from a third world country.

Is the shower any different on these days than on any others? Not really. Is the water pressure better just because it knows you deserve it? If only. Does the hot water last as long as you could possibly endure? I wish.

It just feels better because you appreciate it more. Suddenly something so simple and common becomes extraordinarily wonderful. Simply because you aren't taking it for granted.

How often do we take the everyday things of our life for granted? The people we see everyday for granted? The experiences we are lucky enough to have, for granted?

And how often do we realize what we are doing, and in a matter of hours or days or weeks, forget yet again...