Our house is still not livable..thank God for friends with electricity, a spare room and a big heart.
Living without electricity brought out so many different thoughts; appreciation first and foremost for the things we take for granted, phone, cable, lights, wifi, heat and hot water. But also appreciation for those generations before us who did not have electricity and had to survive. You understand so much better the smaller rooms of the old houses (much easier to heat), and the need to get up at the crack of dawn to get work done during the day light hours; work which was extremely physical and taxing.
The modern day luxuries make people very soft. When there is no struggle for every day survival, people have too much time in their hands for unhealthy things, addictions and obsessions. You lose sight of what's really important in life.
It's sad we have to be reminded of our blessings and values in such a forceful way. I will try to keep this lesson in my heart forever.
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