are easily ignored. When they are taken away from you abruptly - suddenly you feel the loss. It is a kind of presence only felt with an absence.
The past one week was kind of like a mini-hell for me. Because of one bar of chocolate, I developed a mild fever that escalated into a full blown fever garnished with headaches that woke me up in the middle of the night and horrible sore throats that crippled my productivity.
It took me one week to fully recover — well, almost fully — and that very day my throat no longer felt stabbed when I swallow food - I grew a sincerely-felt appreciation for the simplest things.
Things like having a decent meal with food that appealed greatly to me, things like being able to walk around with energy, things like gulping down a cup of unremarkable Coca Cola suddenly seemed like a rediscovery of wonder, once again.
That day, I felt immensely blessed to be… simply normal.
So if one feels down or depressed by the lack of a positive situation, take heart, and appreciate that hey, at least it isn’t the worst and negative.
