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[arethinn]

I had a strange thought tonight.

My state in life is so breathtakingly fortunate that I can afford to once a week take forty gallons of perfectly good drinking water, expend fuel to heat it, adulter it so as to be undrinkable, and then simply pour it down the goddamn drain -- all for my own pleasure.

That's called "taking a shower".

Gratitude crops up in odd places sometimes...

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[lunylucy.livejournal.com]

We really don't know how good we have it,even if we think we do.

[arethinn]

True dat. I know that I don't know, and I know that it's more beyond that. Or something. If that makes any sense. *boggle*

[unseelie.livejournal.com]

yeah.
PArt of the reason I used to go Primitive Camping was that - I could go - nearly anywhere after and feel GRATEFUL.
" !LOOK! MCDONALDS! They have AC! and RUNNING WATER! and ELECTRICITY! "

So VERY glad I live in a time/place where - the fact that I am listening to music and sitting with heat and power and intarwebs can come to pass.
it's SO very good.

Yup

[dionysusdevotee.livejournal.com]

Pretty damn incredible, esp considering that in a lot of the world, you wouldn't be using soaps, and the water would still be considered drinkable.