Random Fact Friday

If you know me well you know that I LOVE random facts. If there is an interesting bit of useless information, I just want to know it. It comes from being a wonderer (a wonderer, is  a person who thinks or says hmmm.... I wonder pretty much all day everyday, just in case you were wondering!).

so here are few fun random facts.

Random Fact #1
Have you ever wondered why that compartment in your car just in front of the passenger seat is called the "glove box". Well the reason it's called the glove box, is because when the automobile first came out people used to wear gloves to drive they called them "driving gloves"(creative I know) and you know where they kept those driving gloves ......you guessed it in the "glove box". Although its been years and years since anyone has worn driving gloves the glove box still remains thankfully! (p.s. what do you have in your glove box?)

Random Fact #2 

Did you know the reason pirates wear patches over their eye (if you thought it was to hide their glass eye well you're wrong). It's to help their eyes adjust to the light and dark. The pirate used to move the patch when going below deck so that his eye that was covered was already adjusted to the dark and he could see right away. I don't know how true this is but I heard it from another random fact lover one day as we exchanged random facts. So I keep it as fact. 

  Random Fact #3

Did you know the sound effect crew of star wars used recordings from a trained bear that was recorded during feeding time when the bear was angry and hungry, to create the sound for Chewy Chewbacca. They pieced together the recordings from the bear to create words and sentences for the character Chewbacca. 

Cultivating an Attitude of Gratitude

Just the other day I was in a conversation with a person about being in the moment and about being more mindful of everyday things we take for granted. This person started sharing about how he does this thing with his wife when they go grocery shopping and it seems silly to most people but I found it really inspiring and made me think about how much we take for granted.

 He shared that when he buys produce at the grocery store, he takes his time and holds the produce that he will buy in his hands and silently in his own mind thanks the hands that tended the soil, the hands that planted the seeds, the hands that cared for and watered the plants, the hands that picked the produce, the hands the packaged the produce, the hands that loaded and shipped the produce, the hands that unloaded, and delivered the produce, and the hands that arranged the produce on the shelves.

I was so moved by what he said and I realized that if all of us shared this same attitude of gratitude maybe just maybe we would do a better job at being less wasteful, less consumeristic, and less entitled. What would it be like if we all were a little more grateful for the things we have and the things we purchase, I wonder if we would be more fulfilled and content.

Thats just my random thought for the day, and my challenge for myself today and everyday, to be more mindful and grateful for the simple things.