Taken for Granted?

Does it seem that important matters, things, processes and people are often taken for granted? Could many of these be of critical importance?

Why do people take things for granted? How much do we take for granted? Is it normally a long list?

Is breathing, something we take for granted until it becomes difficult or labored? Normally do we breathe with little attention to this critical activity that keeps us alive?

Is it easy to take for granted the love we share with family and even spouses? Why? Do friends sometimes fall into this category?

Are many of the things we take for granted, also things for which we are grateful? Can the loss of anything we take for granted, sometimes, be a shock and painful?

What is the opposite of taking things for granted? Does it involve an expansion of gratitude?

“Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.”–Aldous Huxley

How do people avoid taking things for granted? Would this be a valuable process to research? Could we benefit from reducing or eliminating the take for granted mindset?

Do you ever feel that you are taken for granted? What do you take for granted? Is it a short list? Are you grateful for those things in your life that you do take for granted? Do you feel that you are taken for granted?

What would be on your list of “taking for granted”?