“Do not take anything for granted — not one smile or one person or one rainbow or one breath, or one night in your cozy bed.”

— Terri Guillemets

 

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Closing up an early morning breakfast meeting, and after goodbyes had been exchanged, I tried to take one more sip of coffee from my paper cup. Unfortunately, it was empty.

No matter, I thought, “I’ll just get another cup at the office.”

Then as I started to push the door open to leave, I stopped and said to myself, “Not everyone can say that.”

We take a lot for granted in our lives. Especially the little things.

Like a cup of coffee.

Today’s gift of time … project work and a meeting for the start-up initiative with One Ummah on which I’m working