Ep.9 What do you take for granted in your life ?

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Hey there, and welcome to the Borealis experience. I'm

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your host Aurora, and today and specially

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excited to be recreating an episode for you.

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I know, it's been crazy this week, so many people reached out

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to me and gave me feedback about this podcast. And I feel just

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very, very touched. And feel like when I'm recording an

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episode, I'm connecting with you at the same time.

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And we have been going through a lot of stress here on the farm

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in Canada at minus 40 degrees.

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The water pipes froze. So for over a day now, I'm without

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water. And to record this podcast just

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gives me peace, and helps me to disconnect from Yeah, farm

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stuff. So thank you so much.

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Today, I got to thank you for this little time out here, I

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hope you are in a good place, and can rest and relax into my

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energy here. And if you're not in a good place, I hope I can

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lift you up, make you feel okay. And yeah,

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might just be a phase or a shitty day.

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So, having to live without water for a little while now really

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teaches me

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how much I was taking water for granted. imagine not being able

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to wash your hands, you can't even go to the bathroom because

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you don't want the house starting to stink.

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Of course, you don't have no water to drink.

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You can't wash your fruit, or vegetables.

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Yeah, washing your hands has been the worst for me because of

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COVID and wanting to be cautious. So it's been very,

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very interesting. And of course, taking a shower, washing your

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hair is not possible either. So you rely heavily on not other

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people, which is something I really, really dislike, to say

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the least.

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So today, it made me think what else am I taking for granted in

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my life? And if it was gone from the one minute to the next.

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What would I severely Miss or couldn't live without? And I

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think it's very important to ask that question on a regular

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because we tend to be so caught up with our daily lives with

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watching the news and having opinions and judgments. And you

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take the stuff that really gets you going that keeps you alive

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for granted and are scattered all over the place.

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Although it's all right in front of you, but you don't see it. So

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what is it that you take for granted, and especially if

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you're having a shit day, it is always good practice to think

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about everything we have the abundance we live in, in order

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to pull ourselves out of that miserable place again.

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So I want to start with meaningful connections that you

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have.

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Of course food and water is most important shelter and good

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sleep. But on an emotional level.

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What keeps us healthy is meaningful relationships. So if

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you're currently in a relationship, if you are

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married, how grateful are you for your partner? Is it the

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right match? And if yes, do you show them your appreciation,

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your gratitude

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and I don't want this episode to be like too heavily focused on

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gratitude, but more on taking for granted.

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So the opposite

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side of gratis gratitude. If you look at your partner, did you

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have a meaningful conversation lately?

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Did you really listen to them and put yourself into their

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place? Maybe you are in a long term relationship, and they keep

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having the same problems. They keep having

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the same stuff they bring up. Maybe they're naggy?

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Is there something you can improve from your side? When it

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comes to conversation? Can you maybe cut through the laggy

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nagging, nagging? And see what is the deeper rooted cause of

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the nagging?

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Did you have a meaningful conversation lately, and if not,

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I encourage you to have one and it doesn't matter.

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Really what it is about it can be about something in your

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childhood, or

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like the happiest day in your life, or whatever you're

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interested in. And maybe never asked your partner. So in order

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to not make the other person feel taken for granted, a good

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conversation can help to make you feel good about yourself,

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too. and deepen the relationship.

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Then, of course, water, how do you use water? in your life? Do

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you just have a shower in the morning or in the evening? And

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just make it quick and? and easy? Or do you actually

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sometimes stand there, of course, without wasting tons of

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water, but really relish in that feeling and know how rich you

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are? Because you're able to take a shower whenever you want,

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maybe even a bath? Do you truly enjoy and feel pleasure? When

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you have that water running down your water your body?

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And then drinking drinking water? Do you truly enjoy having

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clean water to drink? Or do you just toss it down? Because the

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doctor said you have to hydrate? And you have to drink a little

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more when you exercise? Do you like just crammed on your cram

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hole? Or do you actually see how precious water is and in the

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future, there's not going to be wars over oil or gas, there's

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going to be wars over fresh water supplies.

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And then food how grateful how much for granted? Do you take

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your food on your plate? Can you next time you have something to

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eat. Just picture how that piece of food. And hopefully it's

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something nice and nourishing and makes your tastebuds excited

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how that food is being broken, broken down, sorry, into little

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cells and those cells are going to run through your veins and

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they're going to energize you and

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your body is going to create tissue out of it.

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Everything you ate so far in your life, made up body cells

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that you are carrying around and that you might be seeing in the

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mirror when you look into the mirror in the morning. So when

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you eat and are aware of how your body is going to process

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that and turn it into your skin cell your liver cell or your

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whatever cell

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it is going to make you appreciate the food more and I

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think it's also on a subconscious level. Make you be

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more mindful with how you pick your foods.

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What else can we talk about when taking for granted? What about

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transportation? Do you have a train and a bus out the door

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that brings you to places where you want to go where you can go

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during COVID What about a car if you own a car man You're so red.

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You can go on road trips when COVID is over you can experience

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such freedom without even asked for permission and having to

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show a passport if you travel within your country.

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What else can we think about the fresh air? Yes, I just opened my

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windows here before

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recording this episode and to breathe in that ice cold fresh

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air and to feel my lungs filling in with that beautiful gas that

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is going to nourish my body selves to and to feel refreshed

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and energized, energized and knowing that

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All these trees out there are producing

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oxygen for me to breathe in, and I'm producing co2 for them to

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take in and then help them produce oxygen again. And how

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beautiful is that. And when you picture that,

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how grateful can we be to have all these trees and plants out

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there that supply

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such precious substances for us, I don't know if you say

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substance for oxygen, but I know you know what I mean.

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So take that also not for granted, there's so many people

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and huge cities that have to wear masks on a daily because

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the smoke is so bad, the air is so bad to breathe in. So take a

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deep breath and exhale and know that if you're having a shit

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day, you can let that shit go now, and appreciate those very

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simple things alive. But if you think about it, it is exactly

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those things that keep us alive. And the more precious you look

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at them even more precious you feel they are, the more your

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body and your soul can take it in and make something good out

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of it. And you can pull yourself out of your deep hole that you

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might be sitting in. And if you are in a good place, it doesn't

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hurt either.

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Another thing that I want to

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not take for granted in my life is music.

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Today, I had a very dark day and yesterday and I was listening to

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A Tribe Called Quest I was listening to Queens of the Stone

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Age, I was listening to The Notorious BIG

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Biggie

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and his album with featuring Frank Sinatra. And few find a

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song if you find music that is really matching your mood. And

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that really makes you indulge in that weird mood you're in. It is

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so healthy if you do that for a couple minutes or a couple hours

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and then know that you can smile about that shitty face that

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weird day you're having. And just know that there's more

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people out there who go through days like that, and you're not

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alone. And music, I find a such a magical tool to uplift you to

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make you feel understood. And

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so if you have CDs, if you have music download,

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listen more to your music, and maybe even dance.

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Check you your booty or just sit on the couch. And yeah, listen

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to what those awesome artists have to say.

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Yeah, I think those were the points that I wanted to talk

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about today. And those are things that we take for granted,

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for sure. And if they're gone from one day to the other

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forever, then we first of all die. And second of all, our soul

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might

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diminish to a little piece of reason.

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There might be way more things that you take for granted. And

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then I haven't been mentioning here and that should be

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mentioned. But I'm sure my brain will come up with something new

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regarding that topic soon. And I'll just post it and spend

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another episode

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with you.

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You will listen to the Borealis experience. Thank you so much

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for letting me serve you. This way podcasting has become a huge

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passion in my life. And I enjoy every minute every second.

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I'm your host Aurora. And yeah, take really good care of

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yourself. We need you out there. Bye bye.