somethings are really hard to appreciate unless you lose…
Page 62 somethings are really hard to appreciate unless you lose them.
— from The Air Traffic Controller (God)
In the book
And the deeper your perspective grows, the more permanent and unshakable the gratitude becomes, until nothing in particular has to happen on a given day for you to feel that the day itself is a gift. Some things, sadly, we are unable to appreciate at all until we have lost them — so the discipline is to notice them now, while they are still in your hands. There is a simple trick to it: the moment an anxious or bitter thought seizes the controls, turn your attention deliberately to one thing you are grateful for, and you will find you cannot hold both at once. — The Air Traffic Controller (God)