Helpless

Often, we take the things in our lives for normal.

It is normal, that we drink our coffee, it is normal, that we eat our müsli, it is normal that the light switch on.
I just start misssing it, when it is not there.

The opposite is there as well. When you, suddenly, need to be careful with sugar, and you are going to check things in what is sugar. Scary! Or, what to do when you can not have salt in your food?

With such things, I all the sudden realize how helpless I am. How dependend I am on the food industry, the electricity company... And today it is about hot water. Something I never think about, it comes out of the tap, but today, the only thing what comes out is cold water.
And of course that happens in the weekend, when the workers are not that keen on coming (for us it means, no one comes), and of course, due to Corona, we still have the restrictions in shopping (what is of course here a problem for our landlord, but, as side effect, for us as well).

Okay, that is our event for this weekend. Just cold water. Not doing the dishes, maybe? Or not showering? And what about washing the hair?  Not that that is for me, personally, a biggie, but still...

Value the things that you have. You not have to fall at your knees when the power is on, when you switch the remote on. But, I realize at moments like this the better how privilieged we are with light, hething, electricity and all. And, how helpless we are, when it is not there and we are dependend on others to fix it!

The photo... One from today. But one year ago. The first lockdown.

Argh, and I did not want to mention 'it' :--) .