Success is easy to take for granted.
You take for granted that you can walk. You do it every day, and then suddenly you can't walk, and you have to remember, 'How did I get out of this chair and start walking in the first place?'
Don't take for granted things.
That's an interesting question. I would say that in general Americans know very little about the law. It's one of those things that most of us take for granted.
Every three seconds in the developing world, a child dies needlessly due to lack of basic health care and other things we all take for granted.
I feel really privileged that I've been able to be an activist and a musician for over 20 years now, and I've always been able to say whatever I want. I think that's something we Americans really take for granted, but it's a big deal, and it's not something most people in the world are able to do.
Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings.
I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.
We take for granted electricity, water, even concerts. Count your blessings.
Many of the things that we take for granted around the table, like cashing a check or just paying a bill or sending money to somebody you love, is very time consuming.
