Are you living a 72-degree existence? How easy is it when we work remotely, have garage door openers, and can order just about anything delivered to our door, never to experience getting cold or hot or even dodge rain drops. Are we living a sterile existence? Are we creating a vanilla life?

Now that working from home has become somewhat of a norm, it’s possible to spend your days in the comfort of your home where your biggest pain point is a late delivery of groceries. #Doctors will even do video appointments. There are no freezing fingertips or frizzy humidity hair. But there’s also no interaction with humanity; no colorful characters to spice up our day. Every day looks the same because your view never changes.

Are the senses dulled by not experiencing the robust odors of a restaurant or the icky odors of a sewer grate? It’s not unlike when you’ve given up chocolate, #coffee, or soda for Lent. Remember that first taste after the 40-day fast? The flavor is bold, and the carbonation in your soda almost burns your mouth (I’m not a coffee drinker so I have no idea about that experience). You get the idea.

Modern conveniences are wonderful and certainly make much of life easier. But can we agree that bubble-wrapping our lives removes so much of its flavor? The discomfort of sweating is quickly forgotten with the plunge into a #swimming pool. The extremes of life remind us that we are alive. Embrace them! Let them stretch and grow you as an individual. Let them be what molds and changes you over time.

All the best,

KK

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