My car is in the shop, so I've been on a bike all weekend, or have relied on family and friends for rides. It’s so easy to take those things and others for granted: family and friends, cars, refrigeration, indoor plumbing.
It makes me think of Bill Murray's Groundhog Day. He has this remarkable experience where he awakes to the same day, day after day. It makes him miserable and he goes through a seemingly endless repetition of gloomy days, a one-day season of doom.
Eventually, he starts using the time to improve himself – learns piano, for example – and to help people in the small town. And, of course, to woo Andie MacDowell (lucky boy). It isn't until he realizes that he is only happy serving others, living for others, that he is able to break through the mundane routine of his day-to-day existence. The value of his life becomes obvious to him only after he recognizes the value in life around him.
