food for thought

Ive been here in Kenya for almost a year! It will be exactly a year on June 8th. I cannot believe how fast the time has gone. But as my friend Breezie puts it, "the months go by fast, but the days pass soooooooo slow" 

Being here in Kenya I have definitely learned to appreciate a lot, so I have created a list of things I will never take for granted again! 

Here it is: (in no particular order, just off the top of my head)

high speed internet

personal transportation

washing machine and dryer

coffee maker

oven

vacuum cleaner

hot shower

beer on tap

frozen chicken

deli meat

any restaurant that has everything on their menu

salad

drinkable tap water (mine water comes from the tap, but has worms)

the gym

sidewalks

new clothes

I just thought of all these things. Now I'm not saying that I miss all of this stuff all of the time, but there are times when I miss what I had back home. 

We adapt to survive, so I have certainly "learned" to live without these luxuries. But would you, as someone living in America, call them all luxuries? How many times do you use one of these items during the day. When you use them, do you realize there are billions of people who don't even have the option of using these? 

Just some food for thought while you go about your day. :)