Appreciation

One thing that's been a reoccurring theme or topic that's come up in class, at home, wherever, is the idea that we take things for granted way too often.

I know I'm guilty of doing it too, but I think every once in a while, we all just need a little push or a reminder to appreciate the things in our lives.

What really brought this up? We read an excerpt from the book: I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual in class today about a homosexual man (Seel) that was placed in one of the Nazi concentration camps, and in it, he described the horrors of watching his partner get brutally murdered. Here are his words specifically; "Then the loudspeakers broadcast some noisy classical music while the SS stripped him naked and shoved a tin pail over his head. Next they sicced their ferocious German shepherds on him: the guard dogs first bit into his groin and thighs, then devoured him right in front of us. His shrieks of pain were distorted and amplified by the pail in which his head was trapped."

Well, there's the reminder/push.

Appreciate the loved ones, the freedom, the luxuries, the random acts of kindness; appreciate the sunny days after a week of rain, and the occasional silence in a city.

Appreciate life.