Luxuries

So, right now I have a sink and counter full of dishes waiting for me to wash. I'm one of those that is really behind the times, and doesn't have a dishwasher. Actually, besides a couple of years at BYU, I have never had a dishwasher! Crazy, I know. But, this morning I was thinking of things, and realized that approximately 50 years ago, I'm sure almost no one had a dishwasher. It's crazy how things that we take for granted now didn't exist not too long ago. There is a quote I heard from Mary Ellen Edmunds last year at Education Week. It goes "Little luxury, don't you cry, you'll be a necessity by and by." That is so true! High Speed Internet, dishwashers, and cell phones were luxuries once upon a time, now they seem like necessities to everyone (myself included). Our power has been going out quite a bit lately, and when the power goes out, we don't have any water. It is really annoying not to be able to do laundry, put on a movie for Lindsay, turn on the lights, or anything. Our world is really dependent on power/water. I'm going to try and do better and be grateful for what I do have. So, I'm going to go do my dishes and be grateful for the automatically hot, running water!