Magnificent Living - Taking Things for Granted

Life Talk with Craig Lounsbrough · May 13, 2021 · 9m

Aldous Huxley pointedly pointed out that “most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.” If you think about it, “infinite” is a rather extensive capacity and we‘re quite adept at utilizing that capacity to its fullest extent. Taking things for granted means that they no longer garner our attention. Out of their value to us they’ve lost their value. Because of the fact they they’ve served us quite well and that they’ve served us quite consistently, we develop the sense that they’ll always be there, or that they’re just supposed to be there. We assume that…