I am incorporating this into my everyday thought process…
Great writings from Sam Harris
“Find the ordinary extraordinary.
The coffee you drank this morning. The kiss you gave your kids. The walk outside in the sunshine. The conversation with a friend. The work you labored over. The salad you ate for lunch. The song you listened to in your headphones. The drive home. The dinner you prepared. The story you read to your kids before bed. The movie you watched with your spouse, snuggled on the couch. The open bottle of wine. The feel of the sheets on your skin. The moonlight through the window.
Fill in the blanks with the details of your life. And ask yourself this: “What if today was truly the last time I got to experience any of this? What if this was it?”
Learning how to meditate is like catching on to a secret that’s been hidden in plain sight all along. Suddenly, the most ordinary experiences in life are utterly extraordinary.
This is your reminder to savor everything in your life, no matter how mundane or familiar. Because you never know when you’ll experience something for the very last time.”
Sam Harris, https://samharris.org/blog/