Enjoy the last unofficial day of summer. BBQ with friends and family. Rest and relax. Be a couch potato or get in some energetic activity. Whatever you do, remember that it took many people to arrange your day: grocer, bag-person, butcher, farmer, farm-worker, baker, brewer, grape-harvester, and many others for your food alone. Then there are those who worked the lines in the factory that produced your BBQer, swim suits, and cars to bring your guests together…and the lawn chairs and sports equipment you’re enjoying. Still working today to keep you safe are the police, fire, EMTs, and their support–nurses, doctors, hospital orderlies and housekeeping.
Look at any object in front of you and think for a minute how many people it took to make this restful day possible for you. It’s a crowd.
This group of people–laborers from all aspects of our lives–deserve to be thanked and honored. Not just today, though, but each and every day.
This week, acknowledge a worker you wouldn’t have thought to thank before.