Last week, I wrote about how I had no idea how important the social aspect of my life was until the pandemic（疫情）hit.That made me1 just how much I valued my face-to- face conversations and 2 with my friends. It also hurt that our annual 3 to Europe and other countries was gone. We've 4 so many wonderful people and made so many new friends on those trips as well.
Most of us take too much for granted and aren't as 5 as we should be for what we have. But when one of those great things in our lives is suddenly6 , we certainly notice how much we 7 those things when they are gone.
Something I took for granted was my 8 long walk. I have given myself a minimum 9 of 20, 000 steps a day. I use a super great 10 my wife gave me, a Fitbit, which 11 each step I take and gives me weekly12. That little device has helped me stay fit, even now as the 13 age of 80 approaches.
Last week, I had a fall and hit my right knee so hard that I could 14 walk for many days. That is when it
15 me that I've taken the 16 to walk without pain totally for granted. I think all of us should take time to 17 all the great things in our lives that we are just taking for granted. I.18 now, that all of us consider making a list of that kind so we have time to enjoy and appreciate what we have while we have it. Doing so has the potential to make us more 19 as we begin to truly 20 all the great things we have in our lives.
