In the movie, 'The Lion King', Simba's father told him that we are all connected in this great circle of life. Similarly, Sister Marjorie Hinckley once said, "Oh, how we need each other." It is impossible to get through this life without touching anyone.
We influence and are influenced.
No man is an island.
And no man succeeds from relying on his own genius. That's actually pretty funny when I stop and think about it. Even the smartest humans are subject to humanity. We get angry, frustrated, tired, hangry and then we do not think clearly. We for sure don't act from our highest and bestest self.
Which means, a periodic look at where we are and how we got there is super powerful.
Once I decided to be grateful for food.
Not just gratefeul - but GRATEFUL. I closed my eyes and imagined all the people who worked to make sure I had cute little packages of boneless chicken breasts to purchase at my local grocery store.
So many people.
The farmers who grow the grain that the chickens eat. The breeders who house and feed the chickens. The butchers who slice and dice and separate. The people who man the machines that package and label. Also, the people who thought to invent the machines and the mechanics who made it happen. The people who invented refrigeration and shrink wrap and styrafoam and all their workers and supplies. The drivers of the trucks that ship the chicken to my nearest store. The people who work at gas stations, maintain the vehicles and run the trucking companies. The people who build the store, supplied materials, work the registers....
I could go on.
That's a LOT of people. A lot-lot of people. Just for the chicken.
We are where we are because a lot of people did a lot of things to help us along the way. That's not even considering God - to whom we owe EVERYTHING.
What's the point?
Gratitude.
Gratitude is the point of everything. We have so much to be grateful for. We are, all of us, so very blessed.
We are, none of us, alone in this tabernacle of clay. We all have a mission, a duty to perform.
Let's help each other.
And be grateful.
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