It’s the simple things in life we forget. Being able to walk, spending time with your loved ones, playing with your dog or children, working on a a project you’re passionate about. We forget them so easily until we can’t enjoy them. With all that’s happening in the world, maybe we should really focus on gratitude. We have serious problems right now, but we also have the means to solve them, the courage to solve them, and the freedom to solve them. How far must we go back to a time when protesting would be ended by violence and force? To a time when it was illegal to even speak out against the system, to criticize the government? To a period when no one understood what “germs” were? The answer is not that far, and we can be grateful for that. These luxuries are not granted, they are earned. They may be simple, but they are powerful. By starting from this reference point of gratitude, we can tackle our current and future problems with clarity. Remember the simple things.