Who made the sheets you slept in last night? Sometimes we take the people who make the things that make our lives more comfortable for granted. We assume that commodities especially will just be there—toilet paper, coffee machines, furniture, plastic bags, etc. The list of our daily needs is long, and each one of them is made by a human being somewhere.
I learned this during my stint as an entrepreneur. When I first went to China, my supplier first took me to a paper printing shop. I saw young women folding the kind of box you might get at a clothing shop or a cleaners to box a shirt in. It struck me vividly: someone had to have made them.
Nothing just appears. People work in machine shops to bring you a pair of scissors or in a paper shop to bring into existence pads the tags that go on nearly every item for sale. These are good, honest people, doing a day’s work. Often, they live far away, and it’s easy to forget that they, too, matter.
Today I’m grateful for their work which makes our lives better every day. So, when you go to sleep tonight, appreciate the people who brought you the sheets you sleep on. They, too, are part of the world we share.
Every November, I dedicate 30 days to gratitude. This year I’m focusing on what we share. This is Day 14 of My Gratitude Project, and this week, I’m focused on the presence of strangers around us. You can follow along here.
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